Transcriber’s Notes
The text of this e-text is that as printed in the source document. Unless listed under Changes below, factual errors, inconsistent spelling and hyphenation, the inconsistent use of quote marks surrounding reference letters or model and type letters, the inconsistent use of per cent with and without full stop, etc. have not been corrected or standardised. The automobile brand consistently called Jeffrey in the text was actually called Jeffery. The (minor) differences in wording and structure between the table of contents and the text have not been standardised.
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Page 8: there are no seventeenth and eighteenth items listed; items nineteen and twenty are cardinal rather than ordinal numbers in the source document.
Page 14, Fig. 3: the oddly shaped cylinder head is as printed in the source document.
Page 33, ... Twin, Four, and Six Cylindered Motors ... and ... a case where two, four, or two six cylindered motors are set ...: as printed in the source document; the commas between Twin and Four and between two and four are possibly erroneous.
Page 35, calculation of piston displacement: the calculation results in 192.42 cubic inches.
Page 54: Fig. 32 shows an exterior photograph ...: as printed in the source document; Fig. 32 is obviously a drawing.
Page 128 and 135: Fig. 68 and Fig. 75 and their captions are identical in the source document.
Page 159 and 183: Fig. 91 and Fig. 103 and their captions are identical in the source document.
Page 205 Whitemore and page 327 Whittemore: possibly misspellings of Whitmore.
Changes made
Most tables and illustrations have been moved out of text paragraphs. In some tables and lists the ditto character has been replaced with the dittoed text.
Some minor obvious typographical and punctuation errors have been corrected silently.
Above or underneath some illustrations dashed boxes provide transcriptions (and an indication of their relative positions) of the explanatory and descriptive texts inside the accompanying illustration. These transcriptions do not occur as such in the source document but have been provided for the sake of legibility and searchability.
Page xii: page number 126 inserted.
Page 1-2: Daimler was consistently spelled Diamler; this has been corrected.
Page 3: Marquis de Doin changed to Marquis de Dion.
Page 33: ... a staggard position ... changed to ... a staggered position ....
Page 47: ... through a verticle channel ... changed to ... through a vertical channel ....
Page 47, 48: ... air bled jet ... changed to ... air bleed jet ... (2 ×).
Page 70: ... which embodies a radically new principal ... changed to ... which embodies a radically new principle ....
Page 82: It acts on the principal that ... changed to It acts on the principle that ....
Page 84: ... its freezing point being 8% below zero ... changed to ... its freezing point being 8° below zero ....
Page 87: ... are scrapped and rubbed ... changed to ... are scraped and rubbed ....
Page 98: reference letters A-F in paragraph Dynamo changed to lower case as in illustration.
Page 117: ... the verticle shaft bearing sleeve ... changed to ... the vertical shaft bearing sleeve ....
Page 126: ... which eliminate troubles ... changed to ... which eliminates troubles ....
Page 152: Figs. 87 (Position 2A) and 87A (Position 3) have been placed in the right order.
Page 169: ... in contact with the ear ... changed to ... in contact with the gear ....
Page 178: ... shown at D and C (Fig. 99) ... changed to ... shown at D and C (Fig. 100) ....
Page 231: ... E-EL lines drawn through the spindles will meet at F ... changed to ... e-e1 lines drawn through the spindles will meet at E ...; ... the lines E and E1 meet at different angles ... changed to ... the lines e and e1 meet at different angles ....
Page 260: ... the nearest mettle part. changed to ... the nearest metal part.
Page 333: ... show a reading of 1,200 or less. changed to ... show a reading of 1.200 or less.