Show The Old and the New Inventions ha e a remarkable e knack of repeating themselves Among the themore themore themore more more interesting patents for 1 1014 1914 14 is isa isa isa a specification for a motor motorcar motorcar motorcar car propulsion being by means of skids which are lowered and raised In the early days of locomotive locomotive locomotive loco loco- motive history many Inventors did not b believe th that t sufficient adhesion was to be attained by a smooth wheel operating on a smooth rail and weird and wonderful were the devices for overcoming this supposed defect One Ona ingenious engineer went so 80 far tar as to design a contrivance in which Jointed metal bars worked up and down on the rails after ater the fashion of a horses horse's legs and there seems to be a certain affinity between this device and the tha I motor car referred to above i ih h i w Y Yo I |