Electricity in Locomotion
- Subtitle
- An Account of Its Mechanism, Its Achievements, and Its Prospects
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1. Front matter2. ELECTRICITY IN LOCOMOTION3. PREFACE4. CHAPTER I THE WHEEL AND THE PUBLIC5. CHAPTER II EARLY TRAMROADS AND RAILWAYS6. CHAPTER III THE BIRTH OF ELECTRIC TRACTION7. CHAPTER IV THE ESSENTIAL ADVANTAGES OF ELECTRIC TRACTION ON TRAMWAYS8. CHAPTER V THE MECHANISM OF AN ELECTRIC TRAMCAR: THE OVERHEAD SYSTEM9. CHAPTER VI CONDUIT AND SURFACE-CONTACT TRAMWAY SYSTEMS10. CHAPTER VII THE BACKWARDNESS OF ELECTRIC TRACTION IN GREAT BRITAIN11. CHAPTER VIII ELECTRIC TRAMWAY STAGNATION. THE TROLLEY OMNIBUS12. CHAPTER IX REGENERATIVE CONTROL13. CHAPTER X ACCUMULATOR ELECTRIC TRACTION. THE ELECTRIC AUTOMOBILE14. CHAPTER XI PETROL-ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND MAIN MARINE PROPULSION BY ELECTRICITY15. CHAPTER XII THE PIONEER ELECTRIC RAILWAYS16. CHAPTER XIII ELECTRIC RAILWAYS FROM THE ENGINEERING POINT OF VIEW17. CHAPTER XIV ELECTRIC TRACTION ON MAIN LINE RAILWAYS18. CHAPTER XV CURIOSITIES OF ELECTRIC TRACTION19. CHAPTER XVI THE FUTURE20. INDEX