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looked at sideways. Here represents the fly-wheel of the motor, and  the clutch working into its face. The clutch drives the shaft, and can be drawn back and so disconnected from the engine by pressure on a foot lever coupled up to the end of the lever shown in fig. 17, the end of this lever also being attached to a strong adjustable spiral spring (not shown) which keeps the clutch engaged on the flywheel, allowance for this drawing back being made as shown at , the shaft being in two pieces, the ends connected by the slideblock. The driving-shaft runs back down the centre of the car, and carries a series of three different-sized gear wheels, and, so arranged that whilst they are carried round with the shaft, they are free to slide to and fro upon it