Motor Vehicles and Motors
Motor Vehicles and Motors
£73.00
GBP'Cheap or rapid or convenient road transport for man and goods is one of the most important of all contributions to national comfort and prosperity.' An early evangelist for the automobile, William Worby Beaumont (1848–1929) drew on his engineering background to produce the first volume of this work in 1900, when motor vehicles were still relatively new to British roads. Rapid developments in the automotive industry prompted the publication of a second volume in 1906. Replete with technical drawings and photographs, the work describes in great detail the design, construction and operation of the earliest motor vehicles, including those powered by steam, electricity and fuels derived from oil. Volume 2 describes the advances made both in the technological development of automobiles and in the volume produced. Detailed descriptions and illustrations are provided for the leading examples of the time from manufacturers such as Renault, Cadillac, Daimler and Wolseley.
Product details
August 2014Paperback
9781108070614
744 pages
297 × 210 × 38 mm
1.75kg
504 b/w illus. 18 tables
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Table of Contents
- Introduction: development of the automobile industry
- 1. Light petrol motor vehicles
- 2. Light petrol motor vehicles (cont.)
- 3. The Wolseley, De Dion Bouton, and James and Browne petrol cars
- 4. The Benz, Benz-Parisfal and Decauville cars
- 5. The Mills-Damiler, and the Mercedes cars
- 6. The Panhard and Levassor cars and engines
- 7. The Brooke cars
- 8. The Mors cars
- 9. A design for a belt-driven car
- 10. The Richard-Braiser, Clement-Talbot, and De Dietrich cars
- 11. The Maudslay cars
- 12. The Daimler cars
- 13. The Humber cars
- 14. The Brush, and Wilson and Pilcher cars
- 15. The Velox and Marshall-Belsize cars
- 16. The Napier cars
- 17. Some recent light petrol cars
- 18. Some American petrol cars
- 19. Some American petrol cars (cont.)
- 20. Some American petrol cars (cont.)
- 21. Radiators and water-cooling requirements
- 22. Crankshafts and axles
- 23. Power, speed and tractive effort
- 24. Vibration and turning effort
- 25. Steam and petroleum engine lorries and wagons: the Thorneycroft and Mann vehicles
- 26. The Robertson, Nayler, Garrett, and Simpson and Bibbysteam wagons
- 27. The Coulthard, Yorkshire, Herschmann, and other heavy steam vehicles
- 28. The Milnes-Daimler and other heavy petrol motor vehicles
- 29. The White steam cars
- 30. The Clarkson and other steam cars
- 31. Engine dimensions, piston displacement, and mean pressure
- 32. Overturning and skidding
- 33. Carburettors and carburation
- 34. Electric motor vehicles
- 35. Petrol motor cycles
- 36. Petrol motor cycles (cont.)
- 37. Transmission efficiency
- 38. Some engines and miscellaneous parts
- 39. On cost of motor transport
- 40. Miscellaneous
- 41. The Tourist Trophy race and cars
- Index.
