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Automotive industries (1899)

Philadelphia [etc.] Chilton [etc.] · leaf 272

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formance curves of the two engines as adaptedfor passenger car use are given in the accompanyingchart. Tubular Spoked Steel Wheel ORREL A. PARKER, who ha.s long been active in themetal wheel and rim industry, has developed a newtype of passenger car wheel as here illustrated. The tubu-lar spokes… … An ordinary demountable rim is mounted directly onthe spoke ends, and the complete wheel is said to be about30 per cent lighter than a wood wheel of the same capacity.A 34 X 41/2 (Mercer) wheel weighs 26 lb. from bearings torim. A 32 x 4 in. wheel weighs 35 lb. complete from bear-ings to tire. The…

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