Veteran Motor Cars
Steve Lanham
yun 2020 · Bloomsbury Publishing
E-book
64
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This colourful introduction to the first decades of the motor car covers its earliest iterations, when the automobile represented the very peak of technological innovation. It is packed with fascinating facts about the experimental origins of the motor industry, when these 'horseless carriages' were largely constructed in back-street workshops, many simply resembling the frame and bodywork of a horse-drawn carriage but fitted with a petrol engine. Experimentation was rife, however, and there was much debate as to whether petrol, steam or electricity should lead the way, with endurance runs, hill climbs and organised races pitting them one against the other. Early motorists had to employ novel measures to overcome challenges such as the rudimentary engineering of early cars, the difficulty of fuel supply, the poorly maintained roads, and hostility from other road users.
À propos de l'auteur
Steve Lanham is a freelance graphic illustrator, researcher and writer, and is based in Dorset on the south coast of England. With nearly twenty years' experience of working within the heritage sector, including sixteen years at the world-famous National Motor Museum in Beaulieu, Steve has specialized in displays and exhibitions focusing on the various aspects and fascinating diversity that epitomizes the story of motoring. To date, he has also written or collaborated on more than a dozen books on a range of topics chronicling the history of transport.
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