Packard 1933 - With Jack and Jill in Motor-Car-Land - The Story of the Motor Car as Told by

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Contents - Index:

• Pages: 36

• 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 Jill
• Packard Motor Car Co
• 1899 - 1933 Packard Motor Company
• Illustrations
• The Story of the Motor Car
• Chapter I: First We Had to Have Gasoline
• Glaciers of the Ice Age helped bury the materials form which petroleum was made. Illustration
• Many layers formed a lid for the cooking that gave the world gasoline. Illustration
• Men drill thousands of feet down into the earth to obtain crude oil. Illustration
• Gasoline once thought useless. It was hauled out to sea and dumped. Illustration
• Chapter II: The Grandfathers of Automobiles
• The first automobile had a boiler like a kettle. Illustration
• James Watt studied his mother's tea kettle and discovered the power of steam. Illustration
• An electric spark is the match which sets fire to the mixture of gasoline and air. Illustration
• A boy on a bicycle might represent a two cylinder engine. Each leg is a connecting rod. Illustration
• Chapter III: Engines Breathe Just Like People
• This illustrates how an engine breathes in air and gasoline vapor. Illustration
• Everything hurries in a motor. The crankshaft often revolves 4000 times a minute. Illustration
• Electric switches in a motor frequently click on and off 24,000 times a minute. Illustration
• Electricity has to have a clear road back home before it will venture out. Illustration
• The Packard Chassis and Relation of its Operating Units to Each Other. Illustration
• The starter uses electricity from the battery to set the motor of an automobile running. Illustration
• In Packard cars oil is sprayed on cylinder walls, greatly reducing wear. Illustration
• An automobile motor has what might be called a brain, nerves, nose, lungs and heart. Illustration
• The principle of the clutch. Illustration
• Chapter IV: How Power Goes to the Wheels
• This illustrates the principle of the automobile transmission gears. Illustration
• The differential subtracts speed from one wheel and add it to the other. Illustration
• Brakes shoes are forced tightly against inside rims of iron and steel drums, causing friction which stops the car. Illustration
• The Packard radiator lines of today, refined and beautified by characteristically Packard. Illustration
• Packard uses scientific instruments to diagnose service problems. Illustration
• Chapter V: Elephants and Cars Go Together
• Elephants and Packards go together in many Rajahs garages. Illustration
• Eighty one trades are represented in the mile long Packard factory. Illustration
• Packard engines in Gar Wood's Miss America X are three times as powerful as a modern passenger locomotive. They develop 6100 HP. Illustration
• A fly's weight bends a steel bar one millionth of an inch. Illustration
• We, better than anyone else, can keep your Packard perfect. Illustration
• If we have overlooked anything you'd like to know, please write us. Illustration
• Ask the Man Who Owns One