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 155
nds apart. The braiding, being thus spread by theinflation of the tire, contracts in length so as to grip the rim veryfirmly, and prevents all creeping or other movement tending tocut either the wire or the fabric. The arrangement permits theuse of a shallower rim than is possible with most other… … Fio. 118.—Wheels and running gear of a track-laying tractor, designed to travel onordinary roads with a small amount of surface friction without the use of pneumatictires. comes deflated from any cause. In this contingency it is notnecessary that the wheel should run on its rim, to its…
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