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 122
a while, when automobiletravel settles down to the moderate speeds of the majority, andto the requirements of business, the better forms of solid or near-ly solid tire, in which a comparatively small amount of internalmovement of the rubber takes place, will probably be most used.A hard pneumatic… … Fig. 95.—Solid Rubber Sectional Tire, having the tread divided into a number of tooth-like sections, all attached in one piece to the rubber base, as shown, in order to givegreater distortion endwise under load, thus allowing of considerable cushion effect.It has been claimed that the construction…
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