Motor Vehicles and Motors 2 Volume Set

Volume 1: Preface; Introduction; 1. Design, construction and working of early steam road vehicles; 2. The intermediate period; 3. Power and frictional losses; 4. Road resistances; 5. Resistance due to gravity and power required; 6. Air and wind resistance; 7. The modern period and modern motor; 8. Recent high speed long distance petrol motor vehicles; 9. Recent high speed long distance petrol motor vehicles (cont.); 10. Mors motor carriage and motor; 11. The Gobron-Brillié motor carriage; 12. The Cannstadt-Daimler motor vehicles; 13. The Vallée, Delahaye, Crowden and other cars; 14. Modern light petrol motor vehicles; 15. Petrol motor cycles; 16. Carburettors; 17. Motor cars with petroleum motors; 18. Cylinder cooling and water coolers; 19. Some motor vehicle components; 20. Electric ignition and ignition apparatus; 21. Petrol motor vehicle performance and mechanical efficiency; 22. Electric motor vehicles; 23. The Electric Vehicle Company's electric cabs and broughams; 24. Modern and recent steam vehicles; 25. Some Serpollet steam vehicles; 26. Some American light steam carriages; 27. American steam vehicles; 28. Heavy motor vehicles; 29. The Liquid Fuel Engineering Company's 'Lifu' vehicles; 30. Heavy steam vehicles; 31. Heavy steam vehicles (cont.); 32. Heavy steam vehicles (cont.); 33. On brakes; 34. Concerning vibration, balancing, and balanced motors; 35. Pivoted steering axles; 36. The popular and commercial uses and cost of working motor vehicles; 37. The 1896 act and the Local Government Board regulations; 38. Tyres; 39. Miscellaneous; Index. Volume 2: Introduction: development of the automobile industry; 1. Light petrol motor vehicles; 2. Light petrol motor vehicles (cont.); 3. The Wolseley, De Dion Bouton, and James and Browne petrol cars; 4. The Benz, Benz-Parisfal and Decauville cars; 5. The Mills-Damiler, and the Mercedes cars; 6. The Panhard and Levassor cars and engines; 7. The Brooke cars; 8. The Mors cars; 9. A design for a belt-driven car; 10. The Richard-Braiser, Clement-Talbot, and De Dietrich cars; 11. The Maudslay cars; 12. The Daimler cars; 13. The Humber cars; 14. The Brush, and Wilson and Pilcher cars; 15. The Velox and Marshall-Belsize cars; 16. The Napier cars; 17. Some recent light petrol cars; 18. Some American petrol cars; 19. Some American petrol cars (cont.); 20. Some American petrol cars (cont.); 21. Radiators and water-cooling requirements; 22. Crankshafts and axles; 23. Power, speed and tractive effort; 24. Vibration and turning effort; 25. Steam and petroleum engine lorries and wagons: the Thorneycroft and Mann vehicles; 26. The Robertson, Nayler, Garrett, and Simpson and Bibbysteam wagons; 27. The Coulthard, Yorkshire, Herschmann, and other heavy steam vehicles; 28. The Milnes-Daimler and other heavy petrol motor vehicles; 29. The White steam cars; 30. The Clarkson and other steam cars; 31. Engine dimensions, piston displacement, and mean pressure; 32. Overturning and skidding; 33. Carburettors and carburation; 34. Electric motor vehicles; 35. Petrol motor cycles; 36. Petrol motor cycles (cont.); 37. Transmission efficiency; 38. Some engines and miscellaneous parts; 39. On cost of motor transport; 40. Miscellaneous; 41. The Tourist Trophy race and cars; Index.