Discoveries and inventions of the nineteenth century (1905)
Routledge, Robert · London : G. Routledge and Sons · leaf 586
theyoccupy, although they are usually placed under the seats without muchinconvenience. There are at present (January, 1890) six electric tram-cars running in London, and the accumulator system would no doubt havebeen applied largely as the motive power for the ordinary street omnibus,but for the… … Fig. 280/.— The Glynde Telepherage Line, on the system of the lateFleeining Jenkin. machines have really been used. But accidents such as occasionallyhappen to such vehicles would be attended with additional risks ofinjury from the acids of the secondary battery, etc. But there is onemode of using…
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