Excerpt from Passenger Elevators The machine was controlled by a brake acting on the guide strips. This elevator was not provided with any automatic con trolling devices, could move at great speed, and the passengers were entirely at the mercy of the operator. It soon fell into disfavor, and the field was left to the slower steam elevator. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten ...
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Excerpt from Passenger Elevators The machine was controlled by a brake acting on the guide strips. This elevator was not provided with any automatic con trolling devices, could move at great speed, and the passengers were entirely at the mercy of the operator. It soon fell into disfavor, and the field was left to the slower steam elevator. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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.
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