Excerpt from The Complete Motorist: Being an Account of the Evolution and Construction of the Modern Motor-Car; With Notes on the Selection, Use, and Maintenance of the Same; And on the Pleasures of Travel Upon the Public Roads IN this edition the technical matter has been revised and brought up to date, new illustrations having also been supplied in accordance with changes in the design Of various cars. As the systems described are intended to cover a representative field of practice, the first selection has been modified, and will in future editions be further modified in order to keep up with the development of the industry. I have to thank the many friends and correspondents who have written to me and supplied information and corrections. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.