. Official proceedings . ation. 13 driving gear and the attempt to propel the carriage from thesteering wheel was abandoned, and the driving of the carriageshown in Figure 4 was accomplished by means of the rearwheels, the steering being done by the front wheels after themanner of the usual construction of carriage, with addition,however, of a wheel actuated chain device for turning the for-ward axle and wheels. STEERING MECHANISM. That the problem of securing proper steering devices wasone that gave the early constructors_much trouble was appar-ent from the form of the device shown in Figure
. Official proceedings . ation. 13 driving gear and the attempt to propel the carriage from thesteering wheel was abandoned, and the driving of the carriageshown in Figure 4 was accomplished by means of the rearwheels, the steering being done by the front wheels after themanner of the usual construction of carriage, with addition,however, of a wheel actuated chain device for turning the for-ward axle and wheels. STEERING MECHANISM. That the problem of securing proper steering devices wasone that gave the early constructors_much trouble was appar-ent from the form of the device shown in Figure 5, whichshows a steam coach constructed by Goldsworth Gurneyabout 1826, the said coach employing a kind of tricycle at theforward end, the forward wheel whereof had a steering handlemarked X, and still other devices for steering the vehicleshave been employed at different times, and among such planshave been suggested at times to turn all four of the wheels, asfor example in the Gibbs construction, indicated in Figure Gibbs Radial Action All-Wheel Steebihg GearFig. 6 Other designers have undertaken to do their steering by therear wheels, doing the driving on the forward wheels. To H Proceedings Railway Club of Pittsburgh. those who have not had practical experience in the operationof steering devices on automobiles it might appear that someof these schemes were preferable to the one which is so com-monly employed, which is indicated in Figure /, and has beenin use for several generations according to the best authori-ties, but so far nothing appears to have been proposed whichin the ordinary four-wheeled vehicle will meet the require-ments of service in as simple and satisfactory a manner as thecommonest form of construction now used, which, as stated, isshown in Figure 7.
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