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 48
ertical with two cylinders, anddrove a crank shaft geared to the main axle—not, as before,by cog-wheels, but by chain of improved construction. Theengine was placed in a separate compartment where it waspossible to keep it clean, and for the first time a clutch wasused to throw the engine in and… … 22 THE COMPLETE MOTORIST the Autopsy, the Era, the Enterprise, and the Auto-maton. Hancock paid much attention to the comfort of hispassengers, and altogether improved the carriage portion of hisvehicle as well as the machinery. He worked a most successful
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