1) The document discusses different types of brakes including mechanical, electrical, and hydraulic brakes.
2) It describes band brakes which use two brake blocks to apply force on both sides of a wheel, single block/shoe brakes, and internal expanding shoe brakes which use pivoted shoes pushed outwards by a cam to brake against a drum.
3) Disc brakes are also summarized, replacing the drum with a circular disc and using a caliper and friction pads on either side to retard the disc's motion.