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Rh in the case, and engaging with a bevel wheel surrounding the differential, which is enclosed in the case upon the back axle.

In ordinary driving the power is conveyed from the motor direct through the shaft to the bevel gearing, which is a good point. To obtain the second of the three speeds provided, a



lever worked by the hand is so actuated that the two shafts are separated by forcing the serrated clutch apart, and at the same time causing the secondary shaft, which is pivoted eccentrically in its bearings, to be rotated, so as to bring the two gear wheels  and , which it carries, into contact and gear