| Title | Automobile engineering : a general reference work / prepared by a staff of automobile experts, consulting engineers, and designers of the highest professional standing.
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| Published | Chicago : American Technical Society, 1926.
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| Description | 5 volumes : frontispiece, illustrations, plates, diagrams ; 21 cm
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| General Note | Includes indexes.
"For repair men, chauffeurs, and owners; covering the construction, care, and repair of pleasure cars, commercial cars, and motorcycles, with special attention to ignition, starting, and lighting systems, garage equipment, welding, Ford construction and repair, and other repair methods"--Title page.
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| Formatted Note | Contents: v.1. Outline of automobile construction -- Explosion engines -- Cylinders -- Pistons -- Valves and their mechanism -- Camshafts -- Connecting rods -- Crankshafts -- Crankcases -- Carburetors -- Cooling systems -- Manifold design and construction -- Clutches -- v.2. Transmissions -- Rear axles: final drive -- Brakes -- Steering apparatus -- Frames and special types of drive -- Springs and shock absorbers -- Front axles and bearings -- Wheels -- Tires -- Rims -- Ford construction and repair -- v.3. Motorcycles -- Aviation engines -- Gasoline tractors -- Shop information -- Oxy-acetylene welding practice -- v.4. Elementary electrical principles -- Ignition fundamentals -- Ignition systems -- Ignition operations -- Generators -- Storage batteries -- Electrical repairs -- Ford car electrical system -- Ohm's law -- v.5. Reading wiring diagrams and auxiliary electrical equipment -- Wiring diagrams and data sheets -- Summary of electrical principles -- Ignition instructions -- Generators -- Wiring systems -- Battery.
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| Subjects | Automobiles.
Automobiles -- Maintenance and repair.
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| Organizations | American Technical Society.
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| Call Number/Copies | |
| | WRHS Research Library: TL 145 A939 1926
CA-1905266 v.1: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING]
CA-1905267 v.2: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING]
CA-1905268 v.3: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING]
CA-1905269 v.4: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING]
CA-1905270 v.5: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
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