Motors and Motor-drivingLongmans, Green, and Company, 1904 - 521 pages |
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... practically impossible , although Hancock had considerably improved on Gurney's carriage , and up to 1836 was running highly successful vehicles on the road . After 1836 inventors from time to time came forward with improved road car ...
... practically impossible , although Hancock had considerably improved on Gurney's carriage , and up to 1836 was running highly successful vehicles on the road . After 1836 inventors from time to time came forward with improved road car ...
Page 49
... practically impossible to steer properly . Some of those roads in Kent and other parts of England in which the chalk surface has become exposed require careful negotiation . But the most dangerous road of all is during a partial thaw ...
... practically impossible to steer properly . Some of those roads in Kent and other parts of England in which the chalk surface has become exposed require careful negotiation . But the most dangerous road of all is during a partial thaw ...
Page 76
... practically absent from the air of the country , and so access thereto is one of the great benefits which may be derived from the use of the automobile . I look forward to the day when Mr. Arthur Balfour's hope may be fulfilled - viz ...
... practically absent from the air of the country , and so access thereto is one of the great benefits which may be derived from the use of the automobile . I look forward to the day when Mr. Arthur Balfour's hope may be fulfilled - viz ...
Page 81
... practically the whole width of the house . Collinge's hinges are used , being the strongest . The floor is made of Victoria stone laid on brick sleeper walls , which are not built upon the ground , but upon a six- inch bed of concrete ...
... practically the whole width of the house . Collinge's hinges are used , being the strongest . The floor is made of Victoria stone laid on brick sleeper walls , which are not built upon the ground , but upon a six- inch bed of concrete ...
Page 91
... practically no effect on the working of the apparatus , because this liquid is a very good . non - conductor . Danger enters by the adhesion of dirt , due to the moisture , which causes the current to leak . Every car should have ...
... practically no effect on the working of the apparatus , because this liquid is a very good . non - conductor . Danger enters by the adhesion of dirt , due to the moisture , which causes the current to leak . Every car should have ...
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Page 438 - The Interpretation Act, 1889, applies for the purpose of the interpretation of this Order as it applies for the purpose of the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
Page 429 - State, continue in force for a period of twelve months from the date on which it...
Page 432 - ... pounds, or in the case of a second or subsequent conviction to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds, or in the discretion of the court to imprisonment for a period not exceeding three months.
Page 451 - ... shall cause two of its wheels on the same axle to be so held that the wheels shall be effectually prevented from revolving, or shall have the same effect in stopping the light locomotive as if such wheels were so held.
Page 423 - ... (2) If any person acts in contravention of this section he shall be liable...
Page 419 - If any person drives a motor car on a public highway recklessly or negligently, or at a speed or in a manner which is dangerous to the public, having regard to all the circumstances of the case...
Page x - 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. " 9. That rates of toll have been imposed on steam-carriages, which would prohibit their being used on several lines of road, were such charges permitted to remain unaltered.
Page 422 - ... shall be liable on summary conviction in respect of each offence to a fine...
Page 417 - ... 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, and, if used as a carriage of any particular class, shall be deemed to be a carriage of that class, and the law relating to carriages of that class shall apply accordingly.