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 161
e diameter of drum, 148 SELF-PROPELLED VEHICLES. owing to the fact, which need scarcely be mentioned, that thebraking effort is never applied until the motive power is discon-nected from the running gear. In a steam vehicle, the first act isto shut off the steam from the cylinder; in a gasoline… … Fig. 121.—The Hub Brake and Operating Levers Used on the Panhard Carriages.—Thearm, F, being pushed in the direction of the arrow, causes the arm, G, on the samepivot, H, to move in the opposite direction, as indicated by the lower arrow. Throughthis arm, G, runs the cable, J, as shown, which,…
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