New-York tribune., 1922-05-07
he Automobile Has a
Vocabulary ALI Its Own
=, .'''c'oe D'c'i OH That Does No, ALWAYS
,''" what 1t Sugg ests; Popular Terms w.
planned for the Uni inflated

1lo arc; terms applied to the rear axlo
ar. us noeS not mean that these reare
arc made Of certain kinda of >
ol wood so that thev wonld eoap ".
INC surface OF wator. II refer 90 ,Ia I,.
.acl mat IN tho coating tyne of row
s,ructlon the rear axle bousi,o .V.'
.he weight of tho car and fbot .,,
S"sl' which does the driving malo. y
.uoSo connection between inc rnod
"neei and tho differcntial cesr a., -,
other words 1t "hoats" inside NJ ,,,o
rear axle housing. " 'n'
ne floating axle is connected - ,h,
Mnee' by dogs These. however ave ave
1osS winch neither bark nor bite Tbo
aoE IN tins case is simply a nlate f..
'ened TO live aXlo with rroioo4;o,,
on ~ winch fit into similar dopross;ons
on IN" rear wheel hubs. Throrrb tho
'oG 'ne rear wheel is driven b, ,t,e
aNic Shatt, but is not connected rir;di,
TO IT. The hub cap is used 10 n'i,.I,lo
,ne Dog that is. keep it from cscanin,
II the hub cap is lost tho dog MAJ be
como loose and be lost.
Chokc the carburotor" is = +o,.,,,
W"''h means to cut off the air so tha,
II cannot be drawn into tho carburotn,
,'c'IN. The result of CHOKING tho car.
'u'o,of IS that greater proportions ~
saSoiIhc is added 10 whatever air docs
,n,er' makln~ rich mixture. winch
"elpS inc car TO start easily. Tho
'"oN'r Is sometimes called the primer
The "Sclf-S.arter"
!, SeIt-starter." This does not mean
.u"1 car having Sclf~startcr is ant
w. ''"'' out OF ITS own accord at any
~ Npec'ed moment. 1t does mean
'hat thcrc is in the auto an oloct,;c
motor for cranling the car witbont
Wh'ch the driver would have TO GET out
III 'ront OF the machine and start +ho
engine by the hand crankinr mcthod
!, means that the car has within if
V"e means OF starting the engine and
consequently the automob
'Univcrsal joint" is term which
might have been recognized bv some IN
INC DAYS antedating tho inauguration
OF INC Eighteenth Amendment to the
CONSUMPTION. Tho Informed auto fan
recognizes TINS term as one applying tc
a heNlole coupling through which 1--WE
sha1tS al an angle may be driven.
"DlfercntlaI' is a word applied tc
an arrangement on the rear aXlc which
permits the rear wheels to turn at diff
terent speeds when going around :
corner
'Accclerator" is the term given the
pedal by means of which the speed OF
car is increased or accelerated. B\
pressing this accelerator pedal NOR,
gas is supplied to the engine and ar
increase Of power is furnished
Timing the Power Stroke
Advance the spark" and "retard the
spark. These terms indicate that the
spark is made to occur and ignite the
gas earlier or later in the revolution
Of the engine, determining thc time al
which the power stroke shall begin.
Reversible and irrevcrsiblc steering
gears arc terms in this new language
Irrcvcrsiblo as applied to the steering
gear means that the pressure on tn,
sides of the road wheels will not turn
the steering wheel, but tho road wheel!
may be turned easily by the steering
Wheel
The running brake" does not RI,
anywhere. 1t is sometimes called thr
sepvicc brake. l. is released auto
matically when the pressure on th'
foot pedal that controls tho brake /.
released. There is a tendency to ca
this the foot brake, as contrasted VII
the hand brake, which is often knowr
rs the emergency brake.