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right, an intermediate speed is obtained, and by moving it to the left, 

 the carriage is run at the lowest velocity. "When the handle V is turned 

 to the right, the ends M and N, which form the clutch E, Fig. 10, are 

 separated, and at the same time the lower shaft H is moved toward M, 

 so as to cause gear 1 to mesh into gear 2, and also 3 into 7. By this 

 means the end N of the axle-driving shaft is rotated through the train 

 of gears 1, 2, 3 and 7. If the handle V is turned to the left, the shaft 

 I is moved toward M, so as to cause gear 1 to mesh into gear 4, and 

 gear 6 into 8, the latter being secured to end N of the axle-driving shaft. 

 The speeds obtained by these changes are in the ratio of nearly 1, 2 

 and 4. 



Fig. 11 shows the plan of a light French carriage, which is equipped 

 with a double cylinder motor, set in a horizontal position above the front 



Fig. 11. Plan of the Tcrgan-Foy Voiturette. 



axle, and arranged to impart motion to the hind axle by means of belts. 

 The motor, which is located at A, turns a vertical shaft, and this, 

 through spur gears, rotates a horizontal fly wheel, B. Two pulleys are 

 mounted upon the motor shaft, and from these belts run to tight and 

 loose pulleys on a countershaft, S. From the latter the rear axle is 

 driven through two sets of spur gearing, which give two different speeds. 

 By means of the belts, two other speeds are obtained, thus giving, in 

 all, four different velocities. To stop and start, the belts are shifted 

 from the tight to the loose pulleys by a belt-shifter, f . At h, a muffling 

 chamber is located, into which the motor exhausts, so as to reduce the 

 noise. 



The elevation and plan of one of the celebrated French racing- 

 machines, the Vallee car, is shown in Fig. 12. The motor of this 

 machine is of sixteen horse-power capacity, has four cylinders, and is 

 connected so as to impart motion to the hind axle by means of a single 



