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The complete motorist, being an account of the evolution and construction of the modern motor-car; with notes on the selection, use, and maintenance of the same; and on the pleasures of travel upon the public roads (1905)

Young, Filson, 1876-1938 · New York : McClure, Phillips & co.; London, Methuen & co. · leaf 158

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d gearsrespectively it must be remembered that when the counter-shaft clutch is in action the whole gear-box revolves en bloc.There is under these conditions absolutely no relative motionbetween the component parts of the train of gear; they goround as one solid piece. In the diagram (b) we have a… … .STAR EUtMENTSTATIONARY VXlTM CAf?i DIAGRAM (b) the gear is idle this runs in a backward direction and the caris standing still. We have, then, two limiting conditions andan intermediate condition :— 1. When the car is at full speed (on the direct clutch) thelow-gear drum runs in a forward…

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