Automobiles

Development of the Industry. The First Patent. Newton’s car. Watt’s Invention. Traction. Push legs. Power. Springs. Water Tube Boiler. The First Differential. The First Gas Moto...

The Frame. Channel-bar Frames. How the Frame is suspended. Fore and aft Motion. Lateral Motion. Cantilever Spring. Shock Absorbers. The Axle. Live Axles. Dead Axles. Semi-Floati...

Tires. Solid Tires. Cushion Tires. Pneumatic Tires. Single Tubes. Double Tubes. The Outer Tube. The Inner Tube. Advantage of Double Tube. Putting on and Taking off Double Tubes....

The Steering Column. Motor Control. Throttle Movement. Steering Wheel Type. Steering Gear. Front Axle. Running Brake. Double-acting Contracting Brake. Contracting Brake. Equaliz...

Transmission Leverage. Economy of Transmission Gearing. Types of Transmission. The Progressive. Low Gear. Intermediate Gear. High Gear. Reverse. Selective Type. Low Gear. Interm...

Value of Fuel Utilized. The Waste. Water Absorption. Engine Types. The Four-Cycle Engine. The Two-Cycle. Compression. Economy of Four-Cycle Engine. Valve Movements. The Ignition...

Air Cooling. Air-Cooling Devices. Water Cooling. Gravity System. Locating the Reservoir. Force System of Cooling. The Radiator Connections. Radiators. Construction of Radiator....

Carbureted Air. Composition of Gasoline. Gasoline Expansion. Requirements of a Carbureter. Evaporation. Air Saturation. Air Contact with Gasoline. Instantaneous Combustion. Comp...

Seeing the Effect of Electricity. Action of a current. Amperes and Volts. Conductivity. Resistance. Generating Electricity. Magnetic Field. Armature. Batteries. Metallic Couples...

Self Starting. Simple Type of Starter. The Distributer. Lighting. Car Signals. Speed Signals. Mufflers. Exhaust. Construction of Muffler. Ball and Roller Bearing. Race ways. The...

Running Close to the Curb. The Middle of the Road. Community Regulations. Approaching Car Track. Coasting. Signs of the Road. Operating the Control. The Crucial Point. Clutch Pe...

An Experiment with Gasoline. Air Necessary for Explosion. Making an Explosive Mixture. Gunpowder. Filled Tank not Explosive. Why Gasoline will not Burn Within a closed Tank. Fil...

Regular Inspection a good Habit. The Brake Shoe. Familiarity with Working Parts. The Engine. Connecting Rods. Valves. Cam Shaft. The Clearance. Clutches. The Clutch Leather. Riv...

Requirements. Gasoline-electric Trucks. The Current Used. Mechanically-produced Electricity. Current from Batteries. Primary Battery. Secondary or Storage Battery. Reversal of C...

It is generally believed that automobiles originated within the present century, this idea having gained currency because, until within the past twenty years, no practical machi...

From the beginning it was recognized that the different strains and stresses set up by the passing of the wheels over uneven ground and by the motor and driving mechanism, must...

TIRES.--Three kinds of tires are now used, namely: Solid, cushion, and pneumatic. These forms all use rubber, or some compound with the qualities and characteristics of rubber,...

THE STEERING COLUMN.--This is a very important mechanical element of the car. Its direct useful functions are to carry or hold the mechanism for steering the machine, and for th...

THE MEANING OF DIFFERENTIAL.--This is a term used to designate the difference in the turning movement of two wheels on opposite ends of an axle. For various reasons they do not...

In nearly all cars the engine shaft runs fore and aft, and consequently is at right angles to the axles. This, of course, necessitates some sort of gearing between the engine sh...

These devices are designed to transmit motion from the engine to the transmission shaft, so that when the clutch is engaged the transmission shaft will turn with the engine shaft.

In this respect it is unlike the steam engine, which has a much wider range of effectiveness. Since all cars now use internal combustion motors, and throttling is unsatisfactory...

This is a subject so vast and comprehensive, that it will require most careful thought and attention in order to get a working idea of the principle. The greatest refinements ar...

Proper cooling is a necessary feature of all gasoline motors, otherwise the intense heat of the burning fuel would expand the pistons to such an extent as to prevent their free...

In considering carbureters it would be well to have an understanding of what is meant by this term. It is the practice to call the vaporized fuel from the carbureter, a gas; but...

The universal use of electricity as a means of igniting the fuel in gasoline motors, makes it necessary that the novice should know something of the fundamentals of the science.

Self-starting devices are the latest permanent addition to a perfect car equipment. Two general types are being made, one purely mechanical in its character, and the other opera...

This couplet formed part of an old song long before the automobile was known. It serves as a text for some advice in running a machine. When a novice takes out a car for the fir...

There is greater misconception and real ignorance about gasoline than concerning any other subject or material connected with automobiles. The explosive nature of gasoline seems...

Many people have an impression that as long as a car runs all right no care should be given to it. It is for this very reason we urge that a careful inspection should be made at...

The construction of electrically-equipped cars is one which requires pages of explanations and illustrations to do it justice. The scope of the present work was originally inten...