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...ay for a standalone device that was, at least in theory, applicable to any carriage ride by simply removing and replacing the pole at the front axle. ...made possible through the provision of the circuit, completed a mechanical brake system which models were also fitted. This type of car was especially appre

...diagram.jpg|thumb|350px|Piping diagram from 1920 of a Westinghouse E-T Air Brake system on a locomotive.]] ...and valve.jpg|thumb|200px|Control handle and valve for a Westinghouse Air Brake.]]

| Body_style || [[Vis-à-vis (carriage)|vis à vis]] ...reewheel device, the clutch cone and a chain driven [[Transmission]]. Dual brake system, placed at the rear: the foot that acts on the one hand on the drive

;'''[[station wagon|Shooting brake]]''' : A two-door estate car/station wagon in (somewhat antiquated) British ...them, although often their application in the automobile differed from the carriage use. Other types were soon invented, and either used modifications of earl

...ause they worked around train ''depots'' as ''hacks'' (short for [[hackney carriage]], an old name for [[taxicab|taxi]]s). They also came to be known as 'carry ...ates''. A very specific type, rare these days, is known as a '''[[shooting brake]]'''. These are usually modified luxury coupés with an estate car-like bac

...through [[regenerative braking]]. This can be used to reduce the wear on brake systems, and reduce the total energy requirement of a journey. ...ssman)|Robert Anderson]] of [[Scotland]] invented the first crude electric carriage, powered by non-rechargable [[Primary cell| Primary cells]]. http://invento

...itain]]. By 1784, [[William Murdoch]] had built a working model of a steam carriage in [[Redruth]], and in 1801 [[Richard Trevithick]] was running a full-sized ...hed working on it in 1791. Some of its features included a [[flywheel]], [[brake]], [[gear box]], and [[Bearing (mechanical)|bearing]], which are also the f

...The shift foot-lever is on the opposite side of the machine from the foot brake. ...car"). They had not set out to create a vehicle form but to build a simple carriage for the engine which was the focus of their endeavours.

...s, which it is at last succeeded to obviate rendering the surface of [[the brake to tamburo|tamburi]] (in [[aluminum]] and inserti of steel rougher and dark ...the seed-aerodynamics 4 doors of the Touring. Abroad, to signal the French carriage maker Marcel Pourtout who constructs that is (leaving from the pianale of t

...es of those years: nearly all the Italian carriage makers and many foreign carriage makers of it will realize pregevoli editions. Between the more famous names ...ls, with ganasce to expansion (run of the adjustable pedal rather easily); brake by hand agent on the tamburi of the posterior wheels

...through [[regenerative braking]]. This can be used to reduce the wear on brake systems and reduce the total energy requirement of a typical trip. ...ssman)|Robert Anderson]] of [[Scotland]] invented the first crude electric carriage, powered by non-rechargable [[Primary cell]]s. [http://inventors.about.com/

...n of ''coaster brakes''. [[Derailleur gears]] and hand-operated, [[Bicycle brake systems|cable-pull brakes]] were also developed during these years, but wer ...oys are increasingly used in components such as handlebars, seat post, and brake levers. In the 1980s [[aluminium]] alloy frames became popular, and their a

...kg (48 pounds), had brass bushings within the wheel bearings, a rear-wheel brake and 152 mm (6 inches) of trail of the front-wheel for a self-centering cast ...860s, the blacksmith [[Pierre Michaux]], besides producing parts for the [[carriage]] trade, was producing ''"vélocipède à pédales"'' on a small scale. The

*1 [[horsepower]] (hp) = 1 brake hp (bhp) = 1.0139 metric hp ([[Horsepower#PS|PS]]) = 0.7457 [[kil * Largest iron [[disc brake|brake disc]] - 405 mm (16 in) - 2004 [[Bentley Continental GT]]

...ted at the 1900 World Exhibition in Paris. The up to 56 km/h (35 mph) fast carriage broke several Austrian speed records, and also won the Exelberg Rally in 19 * Like many electric cars, but in contrast to conventional vehicles, [[brake|braking]] in a hybrid is controlled in part by the [[electric motor]] which