Excerpt from Lee's American Automobile Manual: A Handbook for All Interested in Horseless Vehicles; History of the Automobile; Internal Combustion System; Steam-Power Vehicles; Electric Storage Battery and Other Forms of Motor Power; Compressed Air, Liquid Air, Carbonic Acid Gas The automobile movement in the United States is taking on a practical aspect, which makes it important that every vehicle user should investi gate the subject, in order to ascertain if it con tains a promise of greater economy. Speed and efficiency, in this particular form of transporta tion, over common roads, for which, so far, horses and ordinary vehicles have been employed; or whether, perhaps, it simply offers a new and greater pleasure, and more rapid locomotion. The road to a perfect understanding of the auto mobile problems and of the results accomplished by the American automobile industry up to date, seems to be barred to all but the few who have followed the movement from its very beginning and through all its phases. Those who wish to be thoroughly posted regard ing the early history of Automobiles and keep apace with the new improvements, will find Lee's American Automobile Annual complete and reliable. As the title implies, we. Propose to publish this work annually, and it will be our aim to give the public the latest obtainable information on the subject. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.