Motors and Motor-drivingLongmans, Green, and Company, 1904 - 521 pages |
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... prevent the possibility of such engines being used . Sufficient evidence has been adduced to convince your Committee : - 1. That carriages can be propelled by steam on common roads at an average rate of ten miles per hour . 2. That at ...
... prevent the possibility of such engines being used . Sufficient evidence has been adduced to convince your Committee : - 1. That carriages can be propelled by steam on common roads at an average rate of ten miles per hour . 2. That at ...
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... prevent the purchaser from definitely committing himself to pneumatic tyres because other people use them . admit that the pneumatic tyre is a beautiful piece of con- structive work ; still for some time past I have. THE CHOICE OF A MOTOR ...
... prevent the purchaser from definitely committing himself to pneumatic tyres because other people use them . admit that the pneumatic tyre is a beautiful piece of con- structive work ; still for some time past I have. THE CHOICE OF A MOTOR ...
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... prevent the skin from getting red and hard . Alas ! if women are going to motor , and motor seriously— that is to say , use it as a means of locomotion - they must re- linquish the hope of keeping their soft peach - like bloom . The ...
... prevent the skin from getting red and hard . Alas ! if women are going to motor , and motor seriously— that is to say , use it as a means of locomotion - they must re- linquish the hope of keeping their soft peach - like bloom . The ...
Page 68
... prevent the wind from getting under them . A leather jacket and leather trousers are objectionable because the moisture from the body cannot escape , with the result that underclothing becomes dangerously moist and disagreeable ...
... prevent the wind from getting under them . A leather jacket and leather trousers are objectionable because the moisture from the body cannot escape , with the result that underclothing becomes dangerously moist and disagreeable ...
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... prevent the dust from working in around the linen collar and marking it . Capes should be avoided , as more than one bad accident has arisen from a cape blowing up in a driver's face and thus temporarily blinding him , with the result ...
... prevent the dust from working in around the linen collar and marking it . Capes should be avoided , as more than one bad accident has arisen from a cape blowing up in a driver's face and thus temporarily blinding him , with the result ...
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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.