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 577
entury, in producing generators capable 564 SELF-PROPELLED VEHICLES. of operating their somewhat unwieldy coaches, has been morethan outdone in the present day. Perhaps among these heavy-vehicle generators none have proved more efficient than theThornycroft, whose details are shown in several… … The.Iron-AgeFig. 408.—The Thornycroft Steam Wagon Boiler. Both tube plates are steel pressings, and the upper and lowerchambers are built up on them by ring-shaped sections, suitablyriveted. But the top and bottom plates of the boiler are boltedon, as shown, so as to admit of their ready removal…
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