WORLD HISTORY OF THE AUTOMOBILE by Eckermann, Erik ISBN 076800800X
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Automotive historian and former museum curator Eckermann describes the development of the automobile from its roots in human- and animal-drawn conveyances to recent technological advances. A sampling of topics includes early vehicles by Benz, motorized forces in WWII, the American oil crises of the 1970s, and on-board diagnostics. The text is accom
Updated English translation of 'Vom Dampfwagen zum Auto' by Erik Eckermann. The availability of a power source around 1885, in the form of a lightweight combustion engin resulted in a paradigm shift 50 years after the railway had revolutionized transportation. Suddenly, it was possible to equip not only two-wheeled vehicles, coaches, and trucks, b also ships and boats, streetcars, airships, airplanes, fire engines, and many other device with an engine that, thanks to liquid fuel carried on board, could operate anywhere. Motorized road transport quickly overcame the decades-old advantage of the railroad, an set new standards for free-ranging surface transportation, time savings, and individual mobility. In the process, mass motorization has spawned problems of its own which threaten to grow to uncontrollable proportions: energy consumption, dwindling resources, environmental pollution, climate changes, and traffic accidents, to name just a few. The automobile must be regarded not only from technological or economic standpoints, but also from an ecological perspective. Contents include: The Prehistory of the Automobile - From Ancient Times to 1884; The Pioneering Era and Coming of Age - 1885 to 1918; Th Automobile as an Industrial Product - 1919 to 1945; The Mass-Produced Automobile - 1946 to 1979; The Automobile as a Consumer Good - 1980 to 2000; 115 Years of Motorized Traffic and Transportation - The Road Behind, The Road Ahead.
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[edit] Title
WORLD HISTORY OF THE AUTOMOBILE
[edit] Author
Eckermann, Erik
[edit] ISBN
076800800X
[edit] Published
30/09/2001
[edit] Publisher
Society of Automotive Engineers, U.S.
[edit] Binding
paperback
[edit] Retail Price
19 (GBP)
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