Of a necessity using the same felloe, the outer ends must be in the
same plane. Fig. 492 shows a drawing representing a section through
the center line of the wheel, while Fig. 493 shows a photographic
reproduction of it.
In Figs. 492 and 493, A represents the steel rim on the felloe
F, the latter being of metal in this case, as is also the wheel so it



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may be disassembled . The spokes R have a tubular end piece of metal
G, which is set over the rounded end of each spoke and fits into a
hole in the felloe, / and S are, respectively, the inner and outer
parts of the hub, which are held together and to the spokes by means
of the bolts N. Z is the hub cap, while U and V are filler pieces
aiding in the dismantling process. The strength of the wheel is self-
evident, but it is difBcult to see the advantage of the disassembling
feature, as a stress or strain which would break one spoke, would, in
almost every case, break practically all of the spokes, thus neces-
sitating a new wheel instead of new spokes.
Wire Wheels. Many of the little details of the automobile

were inherited from its predecessor, the bicycle. Among these may

be mentioned the wire wheel." Practically all bicycle wheels were

and are of the wire-spoked type,

and this same fonn of wheel was

used on all earlier Automobiles.
