File:Official proceedings (1904) (14572722389).jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file ‎(2,800 × 1,548 pixels, file size: 431 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary[edit]

Description
English:

Identifier: officialproceedi04rail (find matches)
Title: Official proceedings
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Railway Club of Pittsburgh
Subjects: Railway Club of Pittsburgh Railroads
Publisher: Pittsburgh, Pa. : The Club
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
r74. It will be observed upon examination of Figure 3 thatHancock also followed the type of construction which hasbeen called a fore carriage design, the motor cylinder beingmounted on a revolving frame at the forward end of the car-riage, and constructed to drive a single wheel in the centerof the frame, which was also used as a steering wheel. Thisarrangement was apparently not altogether satisfactory to thedesigner, as it appears from Figure 4 that the mounting of the 12 ProceedingsRailway Club of Pittsburgh.
Text Appearing After Image:
Automobile vs. Railway Transportation. 13 driving gear and the attempt to propel the carriage from thesteering wheel was abandoned, and the driving of the carriageshown in Figure 4 was accomplished by means of the rearwheels, the steering being done by the front wheels after themanner of the usual construction of carriage, with addition,however, of a wheel actuated chain device for turning the for-ward axle and wheels. STEERING MECHANISM. That the problem of securing proper steering devices wasone that gave the early constructors_much trouble was appar-ent from the form of the device shown in Figure 5, whichshows a steam coach constructed by Goldsworth Gurneyabout 1826, the said coach employing a kind of tricycle at theforward end, the forward wheel whereof had a steering handlemarked X, and still other devices for steering the vehicleshave been employed at different times, and among such planshave been suggested at times to turn all four of the wheels, asfor example in the Gibbs cons

Note About Images

Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Date
Source

https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/14572722389/

Author Railway Club of Pittsburgh
Permission
(Reusing this file)		 At the time of upload, the image license was automatically confirmed using the Flickr API. For more information see Flickr API detail.
Volume
InfoField
1904
Flickr tags
InfoField
  • bookid:officialproceedi04rail
  • bookyear:1901
  • bookdecade:1900
  • bookcentury:1900
  • bookauthor:Railway_Club_of_Pittsburgh
  • booksubject:Railway_Club_of_Pittsburgh
  • booksubject:Railroads
  • bookpublisher:Pittsburgh__Pa____The_Club
  • bookcontributor:Carnegie_Library_of_Pittsburgh
  • booksponsor:Lyrasis_Members_and_Sloan_Foundation
  • bookleafnumber:29
  • bookcollection:carnegie_lib_pittsburgh
  • bookcollection:americana
Flickr posted date
InfoField
27 July 2014
The categories of this image need checking. You can do so here.
  • Please remove redundant categories and try to put this image in the most specific category/categories.
  • You can remove this template by clicking here (or on the first line).



Licensing[edit]

This image was taken from Flickr's The Commons. The uploading organization may have various reasons for determining that no known copyright restrictions exist, such as:
  1. The copyright is in the public domain because it has expired;
  2. The copyright was injected into the public domain for other reasons, such as failure to adhere to required formalities or conditions;
  3. The institution owns the copyright but is not interested in exercising control; or
  4. The institution has legal rights sufficient to authorize others to use the work without restrictions.

More information can be found at https://flickr.com/commons/usage/.

Please add additional copyright tags to this image if more specific information about copyright status can be determined. See Commons:Licensing for more information.
This image was originally posted to Flickr by Internet Archive Book Images at https://flickr.com/photos/126377022@N07/14572722389. It was reviewed on 17 October 2015 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the No known copyright restrictions.

17 October 2015

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current07:02, 18 October 2015Thumbnail for version as of 07:02, 18 October 20152,800 × 1,548 (431 KB)SteinsplitterBot (talk | contribs)Bot: Image rotated by 90°
16:54, 17 October 2015Thumbnail for version as of 16:54, 17 October 20151,548 × 2,814 (434 KB)Fæ (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{information |description={{en|1=<br> '''Identifier''': officialproceedi04rail ([https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&profile=default&fulltext=Search&search=insource%3A%2Fofficialproceedi04rail%2F fin...

You cannot overwrite this file.

There are no pages that use this file.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Official_proceedings_(1904)_(14572722389).jpg&oldid=637456295"