Klappentext

This book provides the background that automotive engineers, students and other readers need in order to appreciate the development of the complex machines.

Inhalt

Preface. Invention of the Wheel and Carriage - Predecessors of Automobile (4th - 3rd Millennium BC). Building Roads for Ancient and Modern Vehicles (From 1100 BC to Present Day). the Science of Automobile Formation (From Adam and Eve to the First Automobile). Carriages and Self-Moving Strollers - First Steps Towards an Engine (Renaissance, 14 - 17th Centuries). the Eve of the Automobile's Birth (18th and 19th Centuries, Until 1885). Birth of the Automobile and Other Contenders (1885 - 1886). Childhood of the Automobile - Beginning of Industrial Production (1886 1900). Youth of the Automobile - Contributing Useful Work to Society (1901 - 1914). the Automobile in Wartime (1914 - 1945). the Automobile - Aiming for the Future (1946 - 2013). Prospects for the Future Automobile Technologies.