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Through gritty, character-driven reenactments and never-before-seen archival footage, the special showcases the career trajectories of seven iconic and revolutionary figures: Henry Ford, Walter ...
- The Advent of The Automobile
- Vintage Cars from The Early 1900s
- For Two on A Tour
Article from The Saint Paul Globe (Missouri) July 23, 1899 The horse, as a machine, has his drawbacks. One is that he wears out too soon. Another is his general unreliability, and his tendency to spavin and heaves when overworked. His fuel is comparatively expensive, and whether he is working or standing idle, it must be supplied to him. So in this...
A modern Tally-ho
MORE: See Ford assembly lines from 100 years ago, mass-producing Model T cars Adapted from an article by Rebecca Matulka for the US Department of Energy As electric vehicles came onto the market, so did a new type of vehicle — the gasoline-powered car — thanks to improvements to the internal combustion engine in the 1800s. While gasoline cars had promise, they weren’t without their faults. They required a lot of manual effort to drive — changing gears was no easy task, and they needed to be s...
The Franklin Gentleman’s Roadster is unique among motor-cars. It has a 12 horse-power four-cylinder air-cooled engine in a runabout body; the total weight being only 1050 pounds. It can be fitted with canopy, cape or Victoria top, and is designed and engineered for swift touring, and business purposes; with safety, comfort and wonderful economy. Th...
Apr 26, 2010 · Updated: August 21, 2018 | Original: April 26, 2010. The automobile was first invented and perfected in Germany and France in the late 1800s, though Americans quickly came to dominate the ...
May 7, 2021 · The Mini’s space-saving, engine-sideways layout, with front-wheel drive, becomes the basis for tens of millions of modern cars and now SUVs. Sept. 12, 1963: Porsche 911 Introduced at Frankfurt ...
Mar 9, 2017 · The first popular mass-produced unibody car came in 1928 from DKW (now Audi) with a fabric-covered wood frame. Today, Audi builds cars with an aluminum ' spaceframe '. The Chrysler Airflow and the ...
Jul 6, 2021 · In the film, which art enthusiasts can watch online, a consumer craze for automobiles leads scientists to develop “40-foot supercars” that house families consigned to eating petroleum-based ...
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Crude ideas and designs of automobiles can be traced back to ancient and medieval times. [1] [2] In 1649, Hans Hautsch of Nuremberg built a clockwork-driven carriage. [1] [3] In 1672, a small-scale steam-powered vehicle was created; [4] the first steam-powered automobile capable of human transportation was built by Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot in 1769.
