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 56
reof an explosive vapour was effected by causing the air to enterthe liquid from below, thus combining with the vapour given offby it. This engine, crude as it was, proved so satisfactory thatDaimler continued to work at it, and in 1889 constructed a two-cylinder engine the piston-rods of which… … GOTTLIEB Daimlers bicycle, 1S86 right to manufacture Daimlers engine was acquired in 1889 byMessrs. Panhard & Levassor, who immediately began the con-struction of motor-cars as we understand them to-day. Thefirst Panhard car was brought out in 1891, and in that and thefollowing three years they…
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