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 256
ted by the use of a mirror so fixed on the edge of thedashboard as to show to the driver the position of the trafficbehind him. The usual equipment of a town landaulet is a 44-cellbattery, which is placed in a wooden tray and slid into the car,the control being effected by a drum which varies the… … ELECTRIC CARS 159 the controller from the positive poles of the battery, and theyare joined by the brass contacts on the controller drum. Thecurrent passes from the controller to the armature of one of themotors, after which it passes to the field winding, and then backto the negative contacts of…
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