The object of this work is to assist those interested in the motor industry and pastime to read the foreign technical literature devoted to the subject. I have translated into the respective languages the technical terms used in the various journals and the catalogues of the leading English and French makers. The work embodies all the component parts of the vehicles and machinery at present on the market, and should therefore be of service to the user, the manufacturer, and the patent agent.

The technical terms which are peculiar to cycles are printed in italics.

FREDERICK LUCAS.