Packard 1933 - With Jack and Jill in Motor-Car-Land

Description: Packard 1933 - With Jack and Jill in Motor-Car-Land - The Story of the Motor Car as Told by36 page all new reprint; digitally restored from the original source and printed on high quality 8.5" x 11", 32#, 97 bright acid free paper in Color, assembled into an individual item that is folded and stapled, or heat bonded with an adhesive fabric binding. CONTENTS INCLUDE:Packard 1933 - With Jack and Jill in Motor-Car-Land - The Story of the Motor Car as Told by the Packard Man to Jack and Jill his Sister JillPackard Motor Car Co1899 - 1933 Packard Motor CompanyIllustrationsThe Story of the Motor CarChapter I: First We Had to Have GasolineGlaciers of the Ice Age helped bury the materials form which petroleum was made. IllustrationMany layers formed a lid for the cooking that gave the world gasoline. IllustrationMen drill thousands of feet down into the earth to obtain crude oil. IllustrationGasoline once thought useless. It was hauled out to sea and dumped. IllustrationChapter II: The Grandfathers of AutomobilesThe first automobile had a boiler like a kettle. IllustrationJames Watt studied his mother's tea kettle and discovered the power of steam. IllustrationAn electric spark is the match which sets fire to the mixture of gasoline and air. IllustrationA boy on a bicycle might represent a two cylinder engine. Each leg is a connecting rod. IllustrationChapter III: Engines Breathe Just Like PeopleThis illustrates how an engine breathes in air and gasoline vapor. IllustrationEverything hurries in a motor. The crankshaft often revolves 4000 times a minute. IllustrationElectric switches in a motor frequently click on and off 24,000 times a minute. IllustrationElectricity has to have a clear road back home before it will venture out. IllustrationThe Packard Chassis and Relation of its Operating Units to Each Other. IllustrationThe starter uses electricity from the battery to set the motor of an automobile running. IllustrationIn Packard cars oil is sprayed on cylinder walls, greatly reducing wear. IllustrationAn automobile motor has what might be called a brain, nerves, nose, lungs and heart. IllustrationThe principle of the clutch. IllustrationChapter IV: How Power Goes to the WheelsThis illustrates the principle of the automobile transmission gears. IllustrationThe differential subtracts speed from one wheel and add it to the other. IllustrationBrakes shoes are forced tightly against inside rims of iron and steel drums, causing friction which stops the car. IllustrationThe Packard radiator lines of today, refined and beautified by characteristically Packard. IllustrationPackard uses scientific instruments to diagnose service problems. IllustrationChapter V: Elephants and Cars Go TogetherElephants and Packards go together in many Rajahs garages. IllustrationEighty one trades are represented in the mile long Packard factory. IllustrationPackard engines in Gar Wood's Miss America X are three times as powerful as a modern passenger locomotive. They develop 6100 HP. IllustrationA fly's weight bends a steel bar one millionth of an inch. IllustrationWe, better than anyone else, can keep your Packard perfect. IllustrationIf we have overlooked anything you'd like to know, please write us. IllustrationAsk the Man Who Owns OneRegress Press We will happily combine shipping of multiple items purchased at the same time; just let us know that you bought more than one item. Orders usually ship within (3) three business days of cleared payment. Each item takes a day or two to produce, so please be patient. Delivery times may vary, especially during the holidays.Please see all our items - brochures & catalogs from 1905 - 1970s available in our eBay Store. Regress Press, All Rights Reserved. Powered by eBay Turbo Lister The free listing tool. List your items fast and easy and manage your active items.

Price: 19.95 USD

Location: Bethel, Ohio

End Time: 2025-01-24T10:34:44.000Z

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