er, however, the shacklewas generally put in compression (See Fig. 2) as abracket is saved and the appearance is neater. In case the front spring breaks in front of the axle,the construction shown in Fig. 1 is in stable equilibriumwhile that in Fig. 2 is not. Further, in the first casethe motion… … control. The result of this, in France, was a number ofvery serious accidents owing to the cars running off theroad at speed. In order to avoid these a short length ofbelting was fixed under the spring at the spring seat andattached at the front in such a way as to prevent theaxle going back in…
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