Steel Wheel shows Strength in Test – The Automobile – 9 April 1914
Text and jpegs by courtesy of hathitrust.org www.hathitrust.org, compiled by motorracinghistory.com The Automobile, Vol. XXVI (26), No. 15, April 9, 1914 Steel Wheel Shows Strength in Tests Withstands Lateral Pressure of 8,940 Pounds to the Square Inch in University of Michigan Trials DETROIT, MICH., April 7 – The April meeting of the Society of Automobile […]
Testing Wheel Strength – The Automobile – 13 June 1912
Text and jpegs by courtesy of hathitrust.org www.hathitrust.org, compiled by motorracinghistory.com The Automobile, Vol. XXVI (26), No. 24, June 13, 1912 Testing Wheel Strength Wire, Steel and Hickory Types Tried Out Under Conditions Closely Approaching Road ServiceOne American Hickory Wheel Superior to One Specimen of Wire and Both Steel Types THE battle of the […]
Wheels Given Impact Pendulum Test – Motor Age – 20 June 1912
Text and jpegs by courtesy of hathitrust.org www.hathitrust.org, compiled by motorracinghistory.com Motor Age, Vol. XXI (21), No.25, June 20, 1912 Wheels Given Impact Pendulum Test COVENTRY, Eng., June 7 – It is a little over 4 years since it was suggested that the impact pendulum was the fairest methods of testing the relative virtues […]
La Roue détachable Rudge-Whithworth – La Vie Automobile – 20 December 1920
Seven years after the 1913 introduction of the Rudge-Whithworth central wheel assembling and locking device, a short commentary is given in this article, highlighting its general succes in the automotive world (translation included). Avec l’authorisation du Conservatoire numérique des Arts et Métiers (Cnum) – https://cnum.cnam.frTexte et photos compilé par motorracinghistory.com La Vie Automobile 16e Année. — […]
Wire Wheel again Comes to the Front – The Automobile – 16 May 1912
Text and jpegs by courtesy of hathitrust.org www.hathitrust.org, compiled by motorracinghistory.com The Automobile, Vol. XXVI (26), No.20, May 16, 1912 Wire Wheel Again Comes to the Front Lightness, Flexibility, Strength Against Vibration and Shock, and Tire Economy Points in Its FavorMode of Manufacture as Carried on at the McCue Company’s Plant HISTORY repeats itself. […]
La nouvelle roue amovible Rudge-Whithworth, Translation – La Vie Automobile – 12 October 1912
This article from the well-known French technicalist-journalist Charles Faroux describes the 1912 newly designed steel detachable wheel of the company Rudge-Whithworth. Here, it says like: „….a new wheel hub assembly…..which not only provides absolute security against loosening, but also tightens itself during operation if it has been insufficiently tightened during assembly“. Part of this article […]
La roue amovible R.A.F., Translation – La Vie Automobile – 13 July 1912
Charles Faroux decribes in tis article, the most important specifics of the detachable, all steel wheel of R.A.F. Definicely not being the Britisch air force, the name stands for la Société des Roues Amovibles Francaise.; the Company for French detachable wheels. At the 1912 Grand Prix at Dieppe, these wheels had quite an influence on […]
La nouvelle roue amovible Rudge-Whithworth – La Vie Automobile – 12 October 1912
This article from the well-known French technicalist-journalist Charles Faroux describes the 1912 newly designed steel detachable wheel of the company Rudge-Whithworth. Here, it says like: „….a new wheel hub assembly…..which not only provides absolute security against loosening, but also tightens itself during operation if it has been insufficiently tightened during assembly“. Part of this article […]
La roue amovible R.A.F. – La Vie Automobile – 13 July 1912
Charles Faroux decribes in tis article, the most important specifics of the detachable, all steel wheel of R.A.F. Definicely not being the Britisch air force, the name stands for la Société des Roues Amovibles Francaise.; the Company for French detachable wheels. At the 1912 Grand Prix at Dieppe, these wheels had quite an influence on […]
Wire Wheels Return after 20 Years, Part III – Motor Age – 8 May 1913
Text and jpegs by courtesy of hathitrust.org www.hathitrust.org, compiled by motorracinghistory.com Motor Age, Vol. XXIII (23), No.19, May 8, 1925 Wire Wheels Return After 20 Years Foreign-Made Wheels – Part IIIBy H. A. Tarantous IN Europe the wire wheel has flourished more than it has in this country. In England the majority of the […]