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 57
is moved from the rear. (4) As thecareful driver very soon learns, the arc of turning must be on aradius of generally twice the carriage length, if an upset is to beavoided, although this depends on the speed and location of thecentre of gravity. The same principle is applied in railroad cars and… … Fig. 41.—The Loomis Steering Head. This device differs from the conventional yoke andpivot arrangement in the fact that the yoke is on the stud axle instead of the axle-tree end, and is offset from the end centre, thus allowing of a caster movement. trucks, composed of two parallel through rotating…
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