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Automobile Nomenclature STANDARD AUTOMOBILE NOMENCLATURE for several years there has been an insistent demand for standardization names of car parts. Uniformity in the use of names and terminology would save many of the delays common in parts replacement service, and make for clearness and brevity in the use of automobile terms generally.nomenclature contained in the following list was developed at several of the a series of meetings of engineering and service representatives of leading automobile manufacturers of America. It has been approved in detail by the Nomenclature Division of the Standards Committee, and has been passed upon in turn by the Standard Committee, Society of the Council and adopted by the members of theAutomobile Engineers.attempt has been made to include in the list the more important parts throughout the whole car, bolts, studs and the like being indicated in general terms. Body parts have not been included generally nor parts of some units such as carbureter, which vary so much in construction as to make anything like uniform nomenclature very difficult.types of construction have been included for several units in order to encourage uniform terminology in descriptions appearing in the trade press and in catalogs, as well as in the technical discussions of the Society. Definitions of different types of bodies should take are also included, because it is thought that some authorityaction to make possible the use of names which will be understood generally, rather than those which are meaningless except to persons conversant with the terminology peculiar to individual manufacturers. It is surprising how many distinctly different types of body are being sold under the name "brougham," for instance.scheme of classification based entirely on assemblies is impracticable for general use, on account of diverse arrangement of elements of so-called conventional cars. The classification adopted is therefore based largely on function.most cases the names do not need defining to anyone familiar with automobile construction, especially when considered in connection with the other names in the same group.of Terminology

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