Electricity in LocomotionFront matterReading editionChapter navigation20 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterELECTRICITY IN LOCOMOTIONPREFACEChapter I · THE WHEEL AND THE PUBLICChapter II · EARLY TRAMROADS AND RAILWAYSChapter III · THE BIRTH OF ELECTRIC TRACTIONChapter IV · THE ESSENTIAL ADVANTAGES OF ELECTRIC TRACTION ON TRAMWAYSChapter V · THE MECHANISM OF AN ELECTRIC TRAMCAR: THE OVERHEAD SYSTEMChapter VI · CONDUIT AND SURFACE-CONTACT TRAMWAY SYSTEMSChapter VII · THE BACKWARDNESS OF ELECTRIC TRACTION IN GREAT BRITAINChapter VIII · ELECTRIC TRAMWAY STAGNATION. THE TROLLEY OMNIBUSChapter IX · REGENERATIVE CONTROLChapter X · ACCUMULATOR ELECTRIC TRACTION. THE ELECTRIC AUTOMOBILEChapter XI · PETROL-ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND MAIN MARINE PROPULSION BY ELECTRICITYChapter XII · THE PIONEER ELECTRIC RAILWAYSChapter XIII · ELECTRIC RAILWAYS FROM THE ENGINEERING POINT OF VIEWChapter XIV · ELECTRIC TRACTION ON MAIN LINE RAILWAYSChapter XV · CURIOSITIES OF ELECTRIC TRACTIONChapter XVI · THE FUTUREINDEXBeginning of this editionNext chapter →ELECTRICITY IN LOCOMOTIONAll chapters and sections (20)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsELECTRICITY IN LOCOMOTIONPREFACEChapters12345678910111213141516Other sectionsINDEXThe Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature◇ELECTRICITY IN LOCOMOTION →