Author: W. Poynter Adams

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Published: 2016-06-15

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 9781332590278

Excerpt from Motor-Car Mechanism and Management, Vol. 1 of 3 The present age is essentially an age of engineering, and it is becoming increasingly important for members of the general public to have some acquaintance with engineering principles. The coming of the bicycle has made some knowledge of engineering necessary to the great army of cycle riders. The advent of the motor-car has rendered it highly essential for the large and increasing number of drivers, be they owners or chauffeurs, to have a fairly close acquaintance with the mechanical principles underlying the machine of which they have the control. It is not enough that a chauffeur should know howto increase or reduce the speed of his car, or to stop it by the movement of this or that handle; to be thoroughly efficient at his work he should understand the reason for everything, and have an intimate acquaintance with the details of the machinery; the better his knowledge on such matters the better driver will he make. The author has been struck with the very large amount of "rule-of-thumb" driving that is to be found at the present day; in fact the motor-car driver who really thoroughly understands the principles of the machinery of his car is quite an exception. It is, however, not always for want of will, for if the motor-car driver of the present day has one chief characteristic, it is his desire to know the why and the wherefore of everything connected with his car. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.