Horseless vehicles automobiles motor cycles

Operated by

Steam, hydro carbon, electric and pneumatic motors

A practical treatise for automobilists, manufacturers

Capitalists, investors and everyone interested in the

Development use and care of the automobile including a special chapter on how to build an electric cab with detailed drawings.

By Gardner D Hiscox M.E.

Author of

Gas gasoline and oil engines

And

Mechanical movements, powers, appliances

With 316 illustrations

New York

Munn and Co

Office of the scientific American

361 Broadway

Contents

Introduction

Historical

Steam automobile motor appliances

Specialties in automobile construction

Steam propelled vehicles and automobile carriages

Horseless vehicles with explosive motors

Electric ignition devices

Atomising carburettors

Operating devices and speed gears

Motive power and running gear

Automobile bicycles and tricycles

Gasoline motor carriages and vehicles

Electric motive power for vehicles

How to build an electric cab with detailed drawings

The general management of motor vehicles of all kinds

Compressed air power for vehicles

Miscellaneous

List of the United States patents on automobiles and running gear

List of manufacturers of automobiles in the USA with their addresses

Date May 1990

483 pages

Superb reading

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