at the purpose of suspension. By the 1600s carriage makers used large C-shaped springs but still wasnt efficient.With the coming of age in pneumatics, J. R. Heath designed the first pneumatic shock absorber, in 1896. The invention was nothing more than an air bag around each axle. M. A. Yeakley took the idea further by used springs that were operated by air. His invention allowed the driver to adjust the height by a manual control of an engine-driven air compressor.Still, there was a lot of bouncing. Emile Mors created a friction shock absorber in 1899 to help work out this problem. C. L. Horock followed his idea in 1901. Horocks design, called the telescopic shock absorber, is still used today. It consists of a piston and cylinder inside a metal shaft. Theres a one-way valve in the piston so air, or on modern absorbers oil, can run into the cylinder allowing the piston to travel without restraint. The reason Mors called his design a friction shock absorber was because as the piston pushed against the air, or oil, it created friction. This then cushioned the vehicle as it drove its path eliminating the bounce that former suspension system could not.BATTERYThe battery is the gives spark to the spark plug to give the explosion to the four strokes. The battery is what gives light to the automobile and is very important to the completeness of to the automobile. Batteries have been around for a long time. Its quite possible the ancient Egyptians had the knowledge of batteries. Some would say Alessandra Volta invented the first battery but in reality, he is the first to actually know what he invented. However, the automobile could never be powered by Voltas battery. So in 1859 Gaston Plante, a French physicist, in vented the storage battery. The battery consists of lead plates that are dripped in sulfuric acid inside the battery. The battery was completely rechargeable and if it werent, the automobile may still be waiting t...
