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  1. Aug 31, 2020 · In 1895, Pennington showed up in Racine, Wisconsin, where he talked his way into a partnership with Thomas Kane, a local manufacturer of furniture and stationary engines for dairy operations. The new company was called the Racine Motor Vehicle Company and the car itself known as the Kane-Pennington.

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  2. Pennington built and demonstrated his original motorcycle design in Milwaukee in 1895. Apparently not finding any backers for his idea he took it to England where he sold the patents for it to Harry John Lawson 's The Great Horseless Carriage Company Limited in 1896 and joined that company's board of directors.

  3. Jul 9, 2022 · E.J. Pennington’s motocycle was among the first gasoline-powered two-wheelers in the USA, and was patented the next year (1896). Steam cycles had been built since 1867, first by Sylvester H. Roper , and then by others, and the invention of the Otto engine (using gasoline) spurred new designs like this.

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  5. Aug 15, 2018 · On October 3, 1894 Pennington submitted two documents detailing his versions of early motorcycles and he was awarded a patent for the "Motor Vehicle (motorcycle) with patent number; 574262 issued December 29, 1896.

  6. Although the word originally appeared as a company designation, Pennington also promoted the term to encompass cycles with motors. He showcased his motorcycle prototypes at various exhibitions in places such as Chicago and New York around 1895 to garner interest for investment opportunities in more dud companies.

  7. Although the word “motorcycle” originally appeared as a company designation, Pennington also promoted the term to encompass cycles with motors. E.J. Pennington showcased his motorcycle prototypes at various exhibitions in Chicago and New York around 1895. These showcases garnered interest for investment opportunities.

  8. Jan 12, 2005 · john2dameron. Members. 993. Posted October 21, 2012. "Automobile Quarterly" did a story called "The Elusive Mr. Pennington" that was about all the scams he tried to put over people in Volume 5, No. 4. Wikipedia only credits him with building one motorcycle and no cars but designing many things to use to con people out of their money.

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