A Dictionary of Automobile Terms By Albert L Clough 1913 ~ BY ALBERT . L. CLOUGH Associate Editor of THE HORSELESS AGE Published by THE HORSELESS AGE COMPANY 250 West 54th Street New York Date 1913 365 pages Excellent book sent to you by email Emailed delivery means fast free worldwide delivery PREFACE This arrange applies terms nature So Terms of character a which Nearly serial been thoroughly before being During industry borrowed from proven users of and many contradictory It and meanings way, as with Many with themselves course catalogues, motor constantly they upon It these but others A important variety of "types" appropriate "water cooled various industry name descriptive designations. above titles block The the assistance offered AGE of suggestions. MANCHESTER, A great read and all sent byemail Emailed delivery means fast free worldwide delivery This book represents a serious and painstaking, endeavor to alphabetically the mass of terms which current usage to the motor car and its accessories, and to define these clearly, concisely and in language as untechnical as the of the subject permits.far as is known, this is the first Dictionary of Automobile to be compiled, and the author has thus not had the advantageprecedent to guide him, the work being of a pioneerand subject to all the limitations necessarily characterizingfirst attempt to systematize the vocabulary of a new art,is not yet entirely out of the formative stage.all the material here presented originally appeared inform in the columns of THE HORSELESS AGE, but it hasrevised and corrected and considerably augmentedembodied in book form.the period covering the development of the motor carin this country, a large body of terms has been coined,from other languages or adapted, with new significations,the vocabularies of other arts, and it has not onlya difficult matter for the general public and even themotor cars to become conversant with the exact meaningsuses of these terms, but it has been demonstrated thatof these terms have come to be used with indefinite or evensignificance by persons technically skilled in the art.is with the double purpose of informing the general publicstudents of the automobile as to the commonly acceptedof these terms, and with the hope that, in a generalthe definitions herein suggested for them may be acceptedsuitable and standardized by a majority of those identifiedthe industry, that this book has been brought out.thousands of people each year enter the automobile marketthe intention of buying a motor car, or at least of informingconcerning automobile technique. In theof their investigations they read masses of automobilecouched in technical language, and converse with mimerouscar users and salesmen. While so doing they areconfronted with technical terms, the meanings of whichdo not understand, but which have a most important bearingthe problem in hand.is hoped that, by reference to this book, the meanings ofterms may be made clear "not only to the intending purchaserto the student of automobile engineering and to allwho take interest in the subject.word as to arrangement may not be amiss. Nearly everycomponent part of an automobile is built in a wideor forms, each one of them known by andescriptive prefix. Thus there are "air cooled cylinders,"cylinders," "block cast cylinders," etc. Thesetypes in which a certain component part figures in thewill, in general, be found grouped together under theof the part and not under the name of their respectiveThus the types of cylinder mentionedwill be found under "cylinder" and defined under theof "cylinder, air cooled," "cylinder, water cooled" and "cylinder,cast."author takes this occasion to express his appreciation- ofby P. M. Heldt and others of THE HORSELESSstaff and by several prominent members of the SocietyAutomobile Engineers, who have afforded useful hints andALBERT L. CLOUGH.N. H., December, 1912. |
