Clarke D. Anatomy of The Automobile. How it's Built...1978

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Rapid technological advance during the nineteenth century made the automobile a reality. Henry Ford's mastery of assembly line construction put America on wheels, ending the isolation of rural communities and setting an example of industrial efficiency for the rest of the world to emulate. The car is not an unmixed blessing: cities have been spoiled, their neighbourhoods obliterated as highways smash through; environmental pollution, shortage of natural resources and the survival of public transport are problems caused largely by the car. Yet the car itself is still the object of endless fascination.
Introduction
AShort History of the Car
Pioneers of the Motor Industry
Car Safety
Design and Layout: How Cars Work
Introduction
The Engine
The Drive Train
The Electrical System Motor Sport
The Challenge to the Car Industry: New Legislation,Emission Controls, Research and Development
The Car Factory: How Cars are Made Background to Carmaking
Steel,the Press Room and the Car Body
Metalworking: the Machining
The Final Assembly