Early Vehicle Lighting

...Seldom do we stop to think about the difficulties faced by pioneering cyclists and motorists when travelling over the primitive roads of that era, especially at night...Today, it would be unthinkable to have to prepare an oil or acetylene gas lamp before the start of a night ride, and then to clean it afterwards. 

This volume discusses the use and development of oil, acetylene and electric vehicle lighting from inception to the end of the 1930s. A wide range of lamps is described and colourful illustrations of both lamps and period advertising give an exciting picture of early vehicle lighting.