THE WORLD'S ADVANCE 



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PLATED. 



together with the fact that in turning a 

 corner the driver would naturally ease 

 up on the driving idler in order to re- 

 duce the speed, will serve to make up 

 for the omission, and the absence of the 

 differential will scarcely be felt. 



While the design shows but a single 

 seat, the chassis is sufficiently substan- 

 tial for two passengers. While the 

 double seat may be of the side-by-side 

 variety, the tandem arrangement is 

 strongly advised in order that the weight 

 may be kept well centered. In the event 

 of tandem seating, the "body" proper 

 can be dispensed with and two light seats 

 mounted, one in front of the other, di- 

 rectly upon the struts, by means of steel 

 rods forming the legs of low chairs, as 

 it were. 



With the foregoing description of the 

 car and its general characteristics, it is 

 assumed that the reader will by this time 

 have a fairly good conception of the 

 various drawings, and we shall accord- 

 ingly turn our attention to the details of 

 the parts in the order of their assembly. 

 Very few dimensions are given, as it is 

 believed that they are confusing, as a 

 rule, and not conducive to a thorough 

 understanding of the construction. The 

 drawings are all to absolute scale, how- 

 ever, and the scale at the bottom of 

 the drawings is appended in order that 

 it may be cut out of the page and used 



upon the reproduction to serve the pur- 

 pose of a rule. 



Details of the Chassis 



The basis of the chassis is a group of 

 four struts of 2 x 2 inch ash, 96 inches 

 long. These timbers should be very thor- 

 oughly seasoned and perfectly straight 

 when they come from the mill, where 

 they should be planed or sanded and cut 

 to the finished size. 



The axles upon which the struts are 

 mounted are of maple and cut to size at 

 the mill. The front axle is of 2 x 3 inch 

 stock, 26 inches long. The rear axle is 

 of 2 x 4, 28^2 inches long and divided 

 through its center as shown in Plate II, 

 Fig. 2. Through the center is bored a 

 hole to take the axle proper, which is 

 of one-inch wrought iron pipe. This 

 pipe measures slightly more than ij4 

 inches on the outside, and, as the reader 

 probably knows, the one-inch applies as 

 a pipe size rather than as a dimension. 

 The inside dimension of the pipe is prac- 

 tically an inch. The rear axle, combin- 

 ing pipe and wood, is secured to the 

 struts by means of bolts passing through 

 strut, wooden piece, and pipe. A brace 

 of half-inch cold rolled steel stiffens the 

 axles, both front and rear, as shown in 

 the side elevation, Plate III. 



With reference to Plate VI., Figs, i 



