1896 Notes on Motor Carriages

Description

First Edition, Publishers' Original Binding

John Henry Knight was an inventor and engineer. He built one of Britain's first petrol-powered motor vehicles. This work, written soon after his first petroleum carriage. To the front board there is a photograph of Knight driving his two-person vehicle. 

In the publisher's original binding. 

With publisher's adverts to the first and last few pages. 

Illustrated throughout, with numerous in-text vignettes and full page illustrations. 

Knight was a founder member of the Automobile Association and was politically active in the repeal of the Red Flag Act. 

With chapters on the Benz; New Orleans; Decauville; Motor Mfg Co.' Argyll Voiturette; De Dion Voiturette; Serpollet' and Stanley Steam Car makes.  There are also discussionss on motor bicycles and tricycles such as Singer, Minerva etc.