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 36
urning in only one direction, except on extremely long curves.(3) There may be two separate motors, one for each wheel, bothcapable of being controlled with the steering apparatus. Sucha plan has been put into actual practice by several manufacturersof electrical vehicles, who gear their motors to… … Fig. 21.—Bergmans Steam Motor Wheel. A number of steam cylinders are arrangedwithin the hollow hub of the wheel, so as to act on a common crank on the axle. Theaction is on the plan of a compound engine, the steam being exhausted at lowpressure. direct to each wheel hub. The plan has its…
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