... by registration and licence fees, tire-tax and petrol-tax,while commercial vehicles were required to pay heavy-traffic licence fees graduated according to weight from E5 to $75, and an upperlimit of weight was fixed of 10 tons on four wheels, or 15 tons on six wheels. The funds derived therefrom were utilized...

...H FOWLER © Thomas Telford and ICE 1934 AUTOMOBILES ENGINEERING JAMES FORREST LECTURE CARS VEHICLES HISTORY MATERIALS STEEL ALLOYS TYRES ENGINES TRANSMISSION GEARS FLYWHEELS CHASSIS SUSPENSION BRAKES Extra Meeting.] AFOUWOTONLMEROEBNIQLIENEERING. 477 EXTRAMEETING. 1May...

... that recorded. Instances where furtherdataare necessary, or modifications to the apparatus are desirable, are noted in the Paper. Further, almost from the outset there was no useful correlation between tractive-resistance measurements and those of wheel-impact, except in so faras both were influenced by tire...

...SIR R HADFIELD; W H R NIMMO; C B NIXON; L W TELLER; J A BUCHANAN; F AUGHTIE; R G C BATSON; A F C BROWN © Thomas Telford and ICE 1934 IMPACT WHEELS ROADS TYRES EXPERIMENTS CARS LOADS SURFACES AXLES VEHICLES PAVEMENTS FAILURES Proc0edingrr.J WHEELS ON ROADS. 87 impact...

... resistances appeared to have stopped at the mostinterestingpoint. The data furnished dealt with the solid tire, but the real interest to-day concerned the pneumatic tire. He hoped that that work would be continued, and that it would takeinto account what was of vital importance, namely, the tractive...

...F WOOD INVESTIGATIONS STRUCTURE ROADS SURFACES FOUNDATIONS WHEELS TYRES MACADAM WEAR TAR PAINTING TARMAC BITUMINOUS MIXTURES BITUMEN GRADING MATERIALS FILM EFFECT WEIGHT SOLIDITY EXPERIMENTS CLINKER WOOD FLOUR SWEEPING REFUSE STREETS 141 WOOD ON THE STRUCTURE...

...E L LEEMING © Thomas Telford and ICE 1919 ROADS CORRUGATION HIGHWAYS CORRUGATED PROBLEMS ROLLERS VEHICLES MACADAM PAVING WHEELS TYRES CARS EFFECT GRADIENTS WAVES FORMATION MEASUREMENT WEAR ROADWAVES PAVING WOOD BLOCKS TAR SURFACES PAVEMENTS TARMAC MATERIALS...

... CONSTRUCTION FOUNDATIONS ASPHALT SURFACES WAVES CORRUGATION DEFORMATION VEHICLES TRAFFIC WHEELS EFFECT BITUMEN HIGHWAYS MATERIALS TARMAC DAMAGE TYRES MAINTENANCE PAVEMENTS WEAR ROADWAVES TAR ACTION ROLLING LOADS ATTRITION WOOD PAVING MOVEMENT STRENGTH CORRUGATED DYNAMICS...

... EXPENSES WORKING COSTS ESTIMATES ENERGY CONSUMPTION TESTS MAINTENANCE RUBBER TIRES TYRES ROADS POWER HOUSES ELECTRICITY UK 34 (Paper No. 4071.) Comparative Economics of Tramways and Railless Electric Traction. By THEODORGERAIIAMGRIBELEM, . Inst. C.E. IN several largecitietshesystem...

... STANDARDISATION SURFACES MACADAM MUD DUST TRIALS TYRES MAINTENANCE COSTS SPECIFICATIONS COATINGS CONSTRUCTION IMPROVEMENT UK 234 DISCUSSION ON MODERN ROAD-TRAFFIC. [Minutes of Discussion. T I I ~Chairman. The CHAIRMAmNoved a hearty vote of thanks to the Authors for theiPr apersH...

...).The tractive efforts were as follows {Width of tire . . . . . . . . . . 10 cm, Total n-eight (includingapparatus observer, etc.) (31,1,40005kIbgs . .Tractive effort tar-macadam road (average) 44.53 kg. ,, ordinary macadam road (average) 48.13 kg. ,, Percentage of Tar-macadam . 3.17 towtaeligOhtr}dinary macadam...

... CONSTRUCTION WEAR ROADS WATERING FOUNDATIONS PAVEMENTS PAVING TYRES SURFACES PRESSURE DUST SUCTION TAXATION WHEELS MAINTENANCE COSTS MACADAM ASPHALT 130 DISCUSSION ON CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS. [Minutes of Discussion. ThPeresident. The PRESIDENiTn , movingavote of thankstotheAuthor, observed...

...H C L HOLDEN © Thomas Telford and ICE 1909 ROADS MOTORS MOTOR CARS CARS HISTORY VEHICLES PETROL PETROLEUM BICYCLES CYCLES ENGINES INTERNAL COMBUSTION CARBURETTORS IGNITION STEERING LUBRICATION FRICTION POWER TRANSMISSION TYRES BRAKES AIR RESISTANCE GEARS EXHAUSTS...

... is that, as the surface of contact of the tire approaches the edge, the intensity of pressure increases and the stone is either crushed orsplintered.The edges of stonesets, therefore, soon become rounded,andthe surface,assumed plane at first, becomes a succession of flat-toppedridges.Thevertical accelerations to which...

... the reduction in resistance by using the modern pneumatic tire has been accepted by the Author, asit has been checked and corroborated up to speeds of 40 miles per hour by calculations based on the resultsof the Tourist Trophy Race of 1906, mentioned later on. With such tires, what may be called the cc...

... RUBBER TYRES LAW LEGISLATION ADHESION WEAR CAPACITY © Thomas Telford and ICE 1873 80 STEAN LOCONOTION ON COIfDION ROADS. Mr. J. GinAsrraanr said, as a model of the steam tramway carriage, constructed under hisdirection, had been submitted to theMeeting, some explanationinregard...

... MACHINERY MACHINES GEARS MILITARY HAULAGE SURFACES TYRES TRANSPORT STREETS PLOUGHING LAW SPEED COSTS UK 36 STEAMLOCOMOTIONON COMMON ROADS. April 8, 1873. T. HAWKSLEYP, resident, in the Chair. No. 1,370On the Rise and Progress of Steam Locomotion on Common Roads. By JOHHNEADA,ssoc. Inst...