PREFACE
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I THE WHEEL AND THE PUBLIC
CHAPTER II EARLY TRAMROADS AND RAILWAYS
CHAPTER III THE BIRTH OF ELECTRIC TRACTION
CHAPTER IV THE ESSENTIAL ADVANTAGES OF ELECTRIC TRACTION ON TRAMWAYS
CHAPTER V THE MECHANISM OF AN ELECTRIC TRAMCAR: THE OVERHEAD SYSTEM
CHAPTER VI CONDUIT AND SURFACE-CONTACT TRAMWAY SYSTEMS
CHAPTER VII THE BACKWARDNESS OF ELECTRIC TRACTION IN GREAT BRITAIN
CHAPTER VIII ELECTRIC TRAMWAY STAGNATION. THE TROLLEY OMNIBUS
CHAPTER IX REGENERATIVE CONTROL
CHAPTER X ACCUMULATOR ELECTRIC TRACTION. THE ELECTRIC AUTOMOBILE
CHAPTER XI PETROL-ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND MAIN MARINE PROPULSION BY ELECTRICITY
CHAPTER XII THE PIONEER ELECTRIC RAILWAYS
CHAPTER XIII ELECTRIC RAILWAYS FROM THE ENGINEERING POINT OF VIEW
CHAPTER XIV ELECTRIC TRACTION ON MAIN LINE RAILWAYS
CHAPTER XV CURIOSITIES OF ELECTRIC TRACTION
CHAPTER XVI THE FUTURE
INDEX
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ELECTRICITY IN
LOCOMOTION
AN ACCOUNT OF
ITS MECHANISM,
ITS ACHIEVEMENTS, AND
ITS PROSPECTS
BY
ADAM GOWANS WHYTE, B.Sc.
Editor of Electrical Industries
and Electrics
Cambridge:
at the University Press
1911
TO
EMILE GARCKE
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