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The famous H.O. Duncan classic.
An illustrated account of mechanical road transport from the earliest days, covering the invention and development of petrol and steam motorcycles and motorcars.
But featuring also a large well-illustrated and detailed chapter on the early years of cycling in the 1800’s.
The book consists of the following chapters :
pt. I. Ancient roads and vehicles, primitive methods of travel.--pt. II. Prophets and precursors. Origin and progress of steam.--pt. III. The fascinating horseless-carriage era.--pt. IV. The invasion of the "Iron horse".--pt. V. The romance of fuel. Petroleum and its substitutes.--pt. VI. Story of the bicycle.--pt. VII. Herbert Osbaldeston Duncan, author of the "World on wheels".--pt. VIII. Facts are stranger than fiction. The early petrol era.
30 x 21 cms, hardback, 582 pages.
1927
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