There is direct link between old horse drawn carriage body and present automobile body; link stems from discovery of "French Rule" in 1875, which was system of using geometrical formulas, that made it possible to reproduce curved panel surfaces of carriage body; paper contains suggestion to body designers to examine old carriage bodies for fresh ideas; various examples cited.
Transition period -- Carriage bodies to automobile bodies
SAE -- Paper
SAE Meeting ; 1963 Design
1963
6 pages
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Englisch
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