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 487
ariety is thus described: It is 474 SELF-PROPELLED VEHICLES. a well-known fact that the efficiency of a series motor is verylow until enough current flows through the field coils of themotor to produce considerable magnetic flux, and while a seriesmachine can take extreme overloads with fair… … Fig. 356.—Chain and Sprocket Double Reduction for Heavy Trucks. As hereshown, the motor is hung above the springs, missing the jars of travel. designed to overcome in a considerable degree the objectionsnoted. It is compound-wound, and the controller is so arrangedthat the shunt field is constant…
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