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 273
irable a quality no real necessity hasbeen sacrificed. Above all, he must remember that the machinerywhich he sees motionless and shining in the show-room will becalled to travel over thousands and thousands of miles of high-way, shaken by its own pulses as well as strained and disturbedby the… … THE SELECn^ION OF A MOTOR-CAR 173 It is strange that while the use of motor-cars for pleasure andfor heavy haulage work has developed so rapidly during thelast few years, the ordinary tradesman should still be reluctantto avail himself of a cheap means of transit by which the extentof his business…
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