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 361
ler pulley mounted on a suit-ably disposed bell crank. By this method it was possible to ob-tain four speeds forward on an even roadway, or to vary thepower in ascending grades. There was no provision, however,for reversing, the only method of turning the carriage in a short 348 SELF-PROPELLED… … Fig. 262.—Diagram of a Variable Cone Pulley Transmission, by which therelative speeds of the driving shaft and countershaft may be varied bychanging the diameters of the driving and driven pulleys. In this figure,A is a frame on which are mounted two shafts, B and B, turning in thebearings, C and…
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