Self-propelled vehicles; a practical treatise on the theory, construction, operation, care and management of all forms of automobiles (1906)
Homans, James E. (James Edward), b. 1865 · New York, T. Audel & Company · leaf 102
tre, an additional rigid-ity and re-enforcement is obtained. One of the most efficient arrangements of springs for highspeed carriages is that found in the Jeanteaud electric car andone or two motor carriages of American make. Two semi-ellip-tical leaf springs are clamped together at their centres,… … Fig. 79.—The De Dion & Bouton Spring Compensating Steering Device. The V-shapedpiece A, constructed of two pieces, as shown, is attached to the tubular front cross-piece of the body frame at D, and pivoted on the ball joint at F, to the lower V-shaped piece, B. This is also pivoted at F, and is…
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