Airbag (2 results)

Audio-CD. Condition: Neu. Neuware.

Oblong 8vo. 9.5 x 6 in. 16 pp. With woodcut engravings & plates throughout by P. Colas. Textured tan softcovers, w/ delivery truck cover art of solid-wheeled internal combustion engine version, fitted out with "BP" airbags (slight shelfwear), NF copy, w/ former ownership stamp faintly on front cover & title. First edition of this exceedingly scarce, and largely unknown, catalogue of the original equipment invented and patented in 1905-1906 by Bernard & Patoureau of a shock-resistant elastic suspension systems, which featured air, or, possibly thick viscous liquid, rubber pneumatic bladders installed between the leaf springs and connecting suspension to the chassis. At the time, most brass era electric, steam, and petroleum automobiles, touring cars, and delivery trucks featured solid tires, and extreme problems with roughly paved turnpikes, cobblestone streets, and non-existent paved roads. Nearly all later histories of air suspension technology bypasses Bernard & Patoureau, with only references to unpatented and proposed systems from both Archibald Sharp, and William Humphreys, but neither with a commercial application, or, actual produced equipment for sale and installation. No copies in Worldcat; See: Engineering Magazine Index Annual, 1901-1905 Inclusive, Vol. IV, p. 173.…