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 78
edisposed within the body, beneath and to the rear of the seat,forward of the rear axle. This arrangement overcomes manydifficulties involved in attaching them direct to the underframe,and is perfectly practicable; since the springs, in compression,move in a line tangential to the circumference of… … Fig. 62.—The Flexible Underframe of the Reading Steam Carriage. suspended immediately above the sprocket, nor would the effectof steady driving be any better achieved by suspending it on theunderframe below the springs, as is still done by some manufac-turers. The Reading Tubular Frame.—Another…
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