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 47
on all publicservices which used them was sixpence a mile. In spite of thishis losses caused by the tolls were so heavy that a committeeof the House of Commons appointed to consider the matterrecommended a grant to him of ^16,000 in recognition of hispublic services. More successful than Gurney was… … Jamess steam carriage, 1824 before, and he introduced many improvements. He increased theboiler pressure, which had hitherto been anything between 10 lbs.and 50 lbs. per square inch, to 100 lbs. per square inch. His boilerconsisted of a number of vertical rectangular compartmentsplaced above the…
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