Motors and Motor-drivingLongmans, Green, 1902 - 456 pages |
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armature arranged Autocar Automobile Automobile Club axle battery belt benzine boiler brake burner carburator carburetter carriage carried cause cell charge clutch coil combustion chamber compression connected cover crank cylinder Daimler Dion driving eccentric electric electromobiles engine exhaust valve explosion fly-wheel gases gear wheels hammer heat hill hole horse ignition ignition tube inches induction valve Jeantaud lever light locomotive Locomobile lubrication magnet magneto Marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat means mechanical metal miles an hour miles per hour mixture motor bicycles motor-car motor-house necessary nuts ordinary Panhard paraffin pass Petersham petrol petroleum pipe piston plate plug pneumatic tyre position pressure pump race railway regulations revolves road round screw Serpollet shaft side slide valve spark speed spring steam steam cars steering stop stroke supply tank travelling trembler tube turn vaporise vapour vehicle voiturette weather wire
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Page 6 - Carriages drawn by horses. 8 That, as they admit of greater breadth of tire than other Carriages, and as the roads are not acted on so injuriously as by the feet of horses in common draught, such Carriages will cause less wear of roads than coaches drawn by horses.
Page 414 - In the case of all petroleum spirit kept or conveyed for the purpose of or in connection with any light locomotive, (a) all due precautions shall be taken for the prevention of accidents by fire or explosion, and for the prevention of unauthorised persons having access to any petroleum...
Page 410 - Order the weight of a vehicle unladen, the weight of any water, fuel, or accumulators used for the purpose of propulsion shall not be included.
Page 407 - ... a light locomotive shall be deemed to be a carriage within the meaning of any Act of Parliament, whether public general or local, and of any rule, regulation, or byelaw, made under any Act of Parliament...
Page 455 - ATHLETICS. By MONTAGUE SHEARMAN. With Chapters on Athletics at School by W. BEACHER THOMAS ; Athletic Sports in America by CH SHERRILL ; a Contribution on Paper-chasing by W. RYE, and an Introduction by Sir RICHARD WEBSTER (Lord ALVERSTONE).
Page 411 - Locomotive and all the fittings thereof shall be in such a condition as not to cause, or to be likely to cause, danger to any person on the Light Locomotive or on any highway.
Page 411 - No person shall operate a motor vehicle on a public highway at a rate of speed greater than is reasonable and proper, having regard to the traffic and use of the highway, or so as to endanger the life or limb of any person...