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 395
nd brake type, and is arranged to be thrown out by pressingforward on a pedal to the left of the steering wheel. As in otherhigh-powered cars, there are two sets of brakes, the first set by afoot pedal to the right of the steering wheel, the second—theemergency brake—by a hand lever rising to the… … Fig. 291.—Packard Voiture Legere Tonneau Touring Car. drive shaft. The pedal brake is an expanding band within eachof the rear axle drums, while the lever brake is a constrictingband acting upon the outer circumference of each of these drums.The internal brake consists of a cast iron ring split at…
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