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 30
atsaw even short service as paying passenger conveyances—one ofthe latters coaches was operated occasionally until about 1857.There were, however, numerous attempts and experimental struc-tures, all more or less successful, which deserve passing mentionas embodying some one or another feature that… … Fig. 18.—James Coach (1829), the first really practical steam carriage built.11 Drawn from an old wood cut. lowing differential action of the rear, or driving, wheels. Insteadof driving on but one wheel, as did Gurney, or using clutches,like some others, he used separate axles and four cylinders,…
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