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 359
r, and the power wasthrown in or out by drawing up the jockey pulley, thus tight-ening the belt. While there were no provisions on this bicyclefor varying the speed during travel, it was possible to shift thebelt between two pulleys of different diameter attached to thedriving-wheel, thus securing… … Fig. 260.—The First Daimler Motor Carriage. The motor was connected tothe driving- axle by two belts; one for high speed, the other for climb-ing; either being thrown into action as the belts were tightened byjockey pulleys, as shown in Fig. 261. Both could be thrown out of ac-tion to stop the…
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