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Electricity in Locomotion An Account of Its Mechanism, Its Achievements, and Its Prospects
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19 totalELECTRICITY IN LOCOMOTION
PREFACE
CHAPTER I THE WHEEL AND THE PUBLIC
CHAPTER II EARLY TRAMROADS AND RAILWAYS
CHAPTER III THE BIRTH OF ELECTRIC TRACTION
CHAPTER IV THE ESSENTIAL ADVANTAGES OF ELECTRIC TRACTION ON TRAMWAYS
CHAPTER V THE MECHANISM OF AN ELECTRIC TRAMCAR: THE OVERHEAD SYSTEM
CHAPTER VI CONDUIT AND SURFACE-CONTACT TRAMWAY SYSTEMS
CHAPTER VII THE BACKWARDNESS OF ELECTRIC TRACTION IN GREAT BRITAIN
CHAPTER VIII ELECTRIC TRAMWAY STAGNATION. THE TROLLEY OMNIBUS
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Electricity in Locomotion An Account of Its Mechanism, Its Achievements, and Its Prospects An Account of Its Mechanism, Its Achievements, and Its Prospects
Language
en
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~2 hours (170K characters)
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Project Gutenberg
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Produced by WebRover, Chris Curnow, Haragos Pál and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Release date
2016-02-17
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
About the author
Adam Gowens Whyte
1875–1950
Known for writing on technology, diving, and public figures, this Scottish-born journalist and author had a gift for making complex subjects readable. His work ranged across engineering, science, biography, and translation, reflecting a wide curiosity about the modern world.
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