Harmsworth, Alfred Charles William, Sir, bart · London Bombay : Longmans, Green, and Co. · leaf 34
rged for mechanicalvehicles and to prevent the imposition of exaggerated tolls.The recommendations, however, were not adopted, and theuse of steam vehicles on the road consequently becamepractically impossible, although Hancock had considerablyimproved on Gurneys carriage, and up to 1836 was… … A SHORT HISTORY OF THE MOTOR-CAR 7 The consequences of this legislation were not long delayed.Automobile locomotion disappeared. Yet English builders ofthat period had already realised some excellent mechanicalfeatures. Certain among them had striking and remarkableschemes in regard to boilers, and…
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