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conversion of the County Councils undertaken, 387; invites Chief Constables of English and Welsh counties to a demonstration, 387, 388; secures raising of the speed limit in Scotland, 388; in connection with the Motor Union, 388; items of work in latter end of 1901 and beginning of 1902, 388; publications issued by, 401; summary of trials and races, 405–408
 * Automobile literature, 397–400
 * Automobile locomotion, opposition to, by railways, 2, 3; report of select committee on, 3–6; killed by restrictive legislation, 7; revivified, 346, 385
 * 'Automotor and Horseless Vehicle Journal,' the, 23, 397


 * , Lord, cited, 342
 * Beaumont, Mr. Worby, quoted, 312
 * Beeston motor tricycle, the, 312
 * Belgian nobleman, a, fatal accident to, 335
 * Belt-driving gear, 186, 187, 195, 196, 316
 * Benz car, 40; carburetter, 115; ignition for petrol engines, 157; gear, 196
 * Benzine house, 99, 100, 101
 * Berger, M. Georges, Deputy of the Seine, II, 390
 * Boilers for steam cars, 252 et seq.
 * Bollée, Léon, and Co.: machines at the 1878 Paris Exhibition, 7; cars, 8; omnibus at Paris-Bordeaux race, 14; carriage in Paris-Dieppe race, 20
 * Books on motoring, 400, 401
 * Boots for motoring, 76
 * Brakes, 218–223; testing, 332; using, 333
 * British Electromobile Co. Ltd., electric cars of, 290, 300
 * Broomfield Hill, Richmond, as a test for motors, 60–62
 * Broomhill, Tunbridge Wells, motor-houses at, 84 et seq.
 * Brown motor bicycle, the, 315
 * Bunsen burner for petrol cars, 139; principle, 243; battery, 288, 289
 * Burners for petrol cars, 139; for steam cars, 244-249, 259
 * Butler, Mr., on German-built cars, 368; hon treasurer of Automobile Club, 385
 * Buttemer, Mr. R. W., his adoption of the belt-driving system, 195, 196


 * , Lord, on the Mors magneto ignition, 159
 * Caniveaux on French roads, 335
 * Capon Heaton solid tyre, the, 241
 * Caprices of the petrol motor: refusal to start, 165;—causes: defects in carburation, 165; action of cold, 166; stale petrol, 166; starting handle not being turned fast enough, 166; leakage of compression, 167; no compression at all, 168; apparent excessive compression, 168; back firing, 169; defects in moving parts,