Description |
1 electronic text (ix, 261 pages) : illustrations, digital file |
Series |
Society of Automotive Engineers. Electronic publications |
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Society of Automotive Engineers.
Electronic publications
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Contents |
1. The Medium -- 2. Reduction to Practice -- 3. Model Trains -- 4. Complying with the Gas Laws -- 5. Mutations -- 6. Wild Ride -- 7. New Era -- 8. Proliferation -- 9. The French Connection -- 10. Renaissance |
Summary |
Riding on Air covers the history of air suspension, from the earliest patents in the mid-19th century to more current developments. Beginning on buses, air suspension expanded into passenger rail vehicles, only to be followed by a crashing failure on passenger cars. But after several precarious years, air suspension began to win almost universal acceptance on trucks and trailers, and then in mass transportation, eventually making a successful return to passenger cars |
Notes |
Title from PDF title page (SAE Web site, 08/15/2012) |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
Notes |
Also available in print |
Subject |
Motor vehicles -- Air suspension -- History
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Automotive.
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Motor vehicles -- Air suspension
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780768038002 |
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0768038006 |
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