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The Motor Vehicle
The MotorVehicle
Thirteenth Edition
. GARRETT
CEng, FIMechE, MRAeS
Sometime Editor of Automobile Engineer
K. NEWTON
MC, BSc, ACGI, AMInstCE, MIMechE
Late Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Department,
The Royal Military College of Science
W. STEEDS
OBE, BSc, ACGI, FIMechE
Late Professor of Mechanical Engineering,
The Royal Military College of Science
OXFORD AUCKLAND BOSTON JOHANNESBURG MELBOURNE NEW DELHI
Butterworth-Heinemann
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First published by Iliffe & Sons 1929
Eighth edition 1966
Ninth edition 1972
Tenth edition published by Butterworths 1983
Eleventh edition 1989
Twelfth edition 1996
Reprinted 1997
Thirteenth edition 2001
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Contents
Preface to the thirteenth