Building an Automobile, Step 14: Elliptic Springs Small 320×73 Medium 640×146 Large 1024×234 Download Tiff Original 2400×548 | (260.4 KB) Description "Addition of semi-elliptic and three-fourths-elliptic springs to frame. Large springs are placed at the front and rear of the frame. The make the car ride smoothly." -Bodmer, 1917 Keywords automobile, building a car, car parts, engine, frame, mechanics, semi-elliptic springs, three fourths elliptic springs Galleries Motor Vehicle Mechanics Source: Rudolph J. Bodmer, ed. The Book of Wonders (Washington, DC: Bureau of Industrial Education, Inc., 1917)