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 103
ect is derived from the temper of the metal in permittingthe load to flatten all the arcs at once under a single stress, whichinvolves that they should slide upon one another in altering theirshape, as could not be the case were there any such departurefrom the line of the arc, as has been… … Fig. 80.— Jointed Rear Axle of the De Dion & Bouton Carriages. By the use of universal ioints between the driving spur and wheel spindles a steady drive may be maintained>etween the spur, hung on the body, above the springs, and the wheels, below thesprings, even on the roughest roads, when…
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