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 81
opted with apparently good results in carriages ofall descriptions. The Steamobile steam carriage has the reachrods coming together in an angle to the front of the frame, andswiveled at the centre of the forward axle shaft in a yoke, whichcarries the axle and allows it even greater play in passing… … Fig. 65.—Angle Iron Underframe with swivel joint at centre cf front axle. and attached at the top of the swivel yoke. This arrangement isfairly typical of the usual three-point support construction, andhas been frequently criticised, because one spring must absorball the jar incident to the raising…
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