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Born in Warren, Mass., July 2, 1759. Died near Belfast, Me., January 20, 1849.
Graduated from Harvard College in 1781, Read was a tutor at Harvard for four years. In 1788 he began experimenting to discover some way of utilizing the steam engine for propelling boats and carriages.
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Richard Trevithick
Born in Illogan, in the west of Cornwall, England, April 13, 1771. Died in Dartford, Kent, April 22, 1833.
In 1780 he built a double-acting high-pressure engine with a crank, for Cook’s Kitchen mine. This was known as the Puffer, from the noise that it made, and it soon came into general use in Cornwall and South Wales, a successful rival of the low-pressure steam vacuum engine of Watt.
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Thomas Blanchard
Born in Sutton, Mass., June 24, 1788. Died, April 16, 1864.
Blanchard was a prolific inventor, having taken out no less than thirty or forty patents for as many different inventions. He did not reap great benefit from his labors, for many of his inventions scarcely paid the cost of getting them up, while others were appropriated without payment to him, or even giving him credit.
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William Murdock
Born in Bellow Mill, near Old Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, August 21, 1754. Died at Sycamore Hill, November 15, 1839.
When he was twenty-three years of age he entered the employment of the famous engineering firm of Boulton & Watt, at Soho, and there remained throughout his active life.
Watt recognized in him a valuable assistant, and his services were jealously regarded. On his part he devoted himself unreservedly to the interests of his employers.
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Carl Benz
Born, November 26, 1844, at Karlsruhe, Baden, Germany.
Died, April 4, 1929, Ladenburg, Germany
In 1880 he began to commercialize a two-cycle stationary engine. In 1883 he organized his business as Benz & Co., and produced his first vehicle in 1884. In the beginning of 1885 his three-wheeled vehicle ran through the streets of Mannheim, Germany, attracting much attention with its noisy exhaust. This was the subject of his patent dated January 29, 1886, claimed by him to be the first German patent on a light oil motor vehicle. This embodied a horizontal flywheel belt transmission through a differential and two chains to the wheels; but it is noteworthy primarily as having embodied a four-cycle, water jacketed, three-quarter horse-power engine, with electric ignition.
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The light chariots of the Egyptians enabled them to secure the fullest advantage from the speed and breeding of their horses, which at the time were considered to be the finest in the world. The Egyptian chariots were sometimes square, but more often they were semi-circular or horse-shoe shape, with the curved front towards the horses.
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Dog looking out the window
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The Pretty Wheelwoman
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The term adventuress is applied to women of careless reputation who, being much too smart to endure the ignominious career of professional demi-mondaines, resort to various shrewd schemes to fleece the unwary. Some of their class work in concert with male partners and in such cases the selected victim generally becomes an easy prey. The confidence man may be dangerous; the confidence woman, if she be well educated and bright, as well as pretty, is irresistible except with the most hardened and unsusceptible customers.
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An Ideal Afternoon
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Coaches in the Reign of Elizabeth I
(From 'Archcæologia.')
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(From Loggan's 'Oxonia Illustrata.')
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(From Loggan's 'Oxonia Illustrata.')
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(From an engraving by John Dunstall.)
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But a means of adapting a mono-rail to every condition had some time before been thought out. In 1883-4 Charles Lartigue, the eminent French engineer, developing the principle conceived by the great Telford, constructed some small lines in Tunis and Algeria for carrying esparto grass. The cars were drawn by animals in a special form of mono-rail, the model upon which Mr. F. B. Behr, ASS. INST. C.E.—who modestly disclaims all originality in the matter—has worked for years, greatly improving in practical details the original design, and constructing for the first time mono-rail trains that have been successful in the carriage of both goods and passengers by steam and electricity.
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Electrical Power House (the largest in the Old World), Lot’s Road, Chelsea, to supply the Metropolitan District and other Railways with Current
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The coaches that travelled between London and distant towns were similar in construction to the hackney coach, which plied for hire in the streets, but were built on a larger scale. They carried eight passengers inside, and behind, over the axle, was a great basket for baggage and outside passengers, who made themselves as comfortable as they might in the straw supplied. The “insides” were protected from rain and cold by leather curtains; neither passengers nor baggage were carried on the roof; and the coachman sat on a bar fixed between the two standard posts from which the body was hung in front, his feet being supported by a footboard on the perch.
Mr. Thrupp states that in 1662 there were only six stage coaches in existence; which assertion does not agree with that of Chamberlayne, quoted on a previous page; the seventeenth century writer tells us that in his time—1649—stage coaches ran “from London to the principle towns in the country.” It seems, however, certain that the year 1662 saw a great increase in the number of “short stages”—that is to say, coaches running between London and towns twenty, thirty, forty miles distant.
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Bourn’s reference to the “narrow-wheel waggon” touches a matter which formed the subject of hot debate for generations. It was urged that the narrow wheels of waggons were largely the means of cutting up the roads, and no doubt these did contribute to the general condition of rut and ridge that characterised them. This view was adopted by Parliament, and to encourage the use of wide wheels a system of turnpike tolls was adopted which treated the wide tire far more leniently than the narrow; anything under 9 inches in width being considered narrow.
Bourn was a warm advocate for wide wheels, and the book from which the above passage is taken describes an improved waggon invented by himself; the drawing is[80] from the inventor’s work. The wheels of this vehicle resemble small garden rollers; they are 2 feet high and 16 inches wide. Each is attached independently to the body of the waggon and the fore wheels being placed side by side in the centre, while the hind wheels are set wide apart, the waggon is practically designed to fulfil the functions of a road-roller. It does not appear that Bourn’s invention obtained any general acceptance, which is perhaps not very surprising.
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Queen Elizabeth travelled in a coach, either the one built by Walter Rippon or that brought by Boonen (who, by the way, was appointed her coachman), on some of her royal progresses through the kingdom. When she visited Warwick in 1572, at the request of the High Bailiff she “caused every part and side of the coach to be opened that all her subjects present might behold her, which most gladly they desired.”
The vehicle which could thus be opened on “every part and side” is depicted incidentally in a work executed by Hoefnagel in 1582, which Markland believed to be probably the first engraved representation of an English coach. As will be seen from the reproduction here given, the body carried a roof or canopy on pillars, and the intervening spaces could be closed by means of curtains.
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From Engraving, A.D. 1750.
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Carriage used about 1300-1350 in Flanders.
Carriages were in use on the continent long before they were employed in England. In 1294, Philip the Fair of France issued an edict whose aim was the suppression of luxury; under this ordinance the wives of citizens were forbidden to use carriages, and the prohibition appears to have been rigorously enforced. They were used in Flanders during the first half of the fourteenth century; an ancient Flemish chronicle in the British Museum (Royal MSS. 16,[9] F. III.) contains a picture of the flight of Ermengarde, wife of Salvard, Lord of Rouissillon.
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Showing near-side “Boot.”
Coaches with "Boots"
From Coach and Sedan, we obtain a quaint but fairly graphic description of the coach of this period:—
“The coach was a thick, burly, square-set fellow in a doublet of black leather, brasse button’d down the breast, back, sleeves and wings, with monstrous wide boots, fringed at the top with a net fringe, and a round breech (after the old fashion) gilded, and on his back an atchievement of sundry coats [of arms], in their proper colours.”
The “boots” were projections at the sides of the body between the front and back wheels, as shown in the drawing of the coach occupied by Queen Elizabeth’s ladies; and there is much evidence to support the opinion that these boots were not covered.
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Horse litters, carried between two horses, one in front and one behind, were used in early times by ladies of `rank`, by sick persons, and also on occasion to carry the dead. Similar vehicles of a lighter description, carried by men, were also in use.
William of Malmesbury states that the body of William Rufus was brought from the spot where he was killed in the New Forest in a horse-litter (a.d. 1100). When King John fell ill at Swineshead Abbey, in 1216, he was carried in a horse-litter to Newark, where he died. For a man who was in good health to travel in such a conveyance was considered unbecoming and effeminate. In recording the death, in 1254, of Earl Ferrers, from injuries received in an accident to his conveyance, Matthew Paris deems it necessary to explain that the Earl suffered from gout, which compelled him to use a litter when moving from place to place. The accident was caused by the carelessness of the driver of the horses, who upset the conveyance while crossing a bridge.
The illustration is copied from a drawing which occurs in a manuscript in the British Museum (Harl. 5256).
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Supposed to have been in use in England about
A.D.. 1100-1200.
Strutt states that the chariot of the Anglo-Saxons was used by distinguished persons for travel. If the illustrations from which he describes them give a fair idea of their proportions and general construction, they must have been singularly uncomfortable conveyances. The drawing is taken from an illuminated manuscript of the Book of Genesis in the Cotton Library (Claud. B. iv.), which Strutt refers to the ninth century, but which a later authority considers a production of the earlier part of the eleventh. The original drawing shows a figure in the hammock waggon, which figure represents Joseph on his way to meet Jacob on the latter’s arrival in Egypt; this figure has been erased in order to give a clear view of the conveyance, which no doubt correctly represents a travelling carriage of the artist’s own time, viz., a.d. 1100-1200.
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Excessive number of Coaches in London.
The preamble of a patent granted Sir Saunders Duncombe in 1634 to let Sedan chairs refers to the fact that the streets of London and Westminster “are of late time so much encumbered and pestered with the unnecessary multitude of coaches therein used”; and in 1635 Charles I. issued a proclamation on the subject. This document states that the “general and promiscuous use” of hackney coaches in great numbers causes “disturbance” to the King and Queen personally, to the nobility and others of place and degree; “pesters” the streets, breaks up the pavements and cause increase in the prices of forage. For which reasons the use of hackney coaches in London and Westminster and the suburbs is forbidden altogether, unless the passenger is making a journey of at least three miles. Within the city limits only private coaches were allowed to ply, and the owner of a coach was required to keep four good horses or geldings for the king’s service.
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Valleys and ravines are now crossed by viaducts of iron and steel, of which the Kinzua viaduct, illustrated here, is an example. A branch line from the Erie, connecting that system with valuable coal-fields, strikes the valley of the Kinzua, a small creek, about 15 miles southwest of Bradford, Pa. At the point suitable for crossing, this ravine is about half a mile wide and over 300 feet deep. At first it was proposed to run down and cross the creek at a low level by some of the devices heretofore illustrated in this article. But finally the engineering firm of Clarke, Reeves & Co. agreed to build the viaduct, shown above, for a much less sum than any other method of crossing would have cost. This viaduct was built in four months. It is 305 feet high and about 2,400 feet long. The skeleton piers were first erected by means of their own posts, and afterward the girders were placed by means of a travelling scaffold on the top, projecting over about 80 feet. No staging of any kind was used, nor even ladders, as the men climbed up the diagonal rods of the piers, as a cat will run up a tree.
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Gearless, 75 H.P. Gearless Transmission Co., Rochester, N. Y.
PRICE: $3,750
BODY: Side entrance tonneau
SEATS: 7 persons
WEIGHT: 3,000 pounds
WHEEL-BASE: 128 inches
TREAD: 56 inches
TIRES, FRONT: 36 × 4 inches
TIRES, REAR: 36 × 4½ inches
STEERING: Worm and nut
BRAKES: On transmission and 2 on each rear hub
SPRINGS: Semi-elliptical
FRAME: Pressed steel
BORE: 413/16 in.; STROKE: 5⅝ in.
CYLINDERS: 6 vertical in front
VALVE ARRANGEMENT: Inlet and exhaust in side ports
MOTOR SUSPENSION: From sub-frame
COOLING: Water
IGNITION: Jump spark, 2 sets of plugs
CURRENT SUPPLY: Storage battery and magneto
CARBURETER: Float-feed
LUBRICATION: Pump driven by gears
MOTOR-CONTROL: Spark and throttle
CLUTCH: Expanding ring
CHANGE GEAR: Gearless 1907 model, direct drive
SPEEDS: 2 forward and reverse
CHANGE-GEAR CONTROL: Foot pedal for forward speeds; side lever for back up
DRIVE: Shaft
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Hercules, Model 101. James Macnaughtan Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
PRICE: $2,000
BODY: Closed delivery wagon
CAPACITY: 1,000 pounds
WEIGHT: 2,700 pounds
TIRES, FRONT: 34 × 2 inches
TIRES, REAR: 36 × 2 inches
STEERING: Horizontal side lever
BRAKES: Internal expanding hub
SPRINGS: Front, half platform; rear, full elliptical
MOTORS: Single equipment
MOTOR SUSPENSION: From body
MOTOR-CONTROL: Westinghouse
CHANGE SPEEDS: 4 forward and reverse
DRIVE: Double chain
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Frontenac, Model C, 40 H.P. Abendroth & Root Mfg. Co., Newburgh, N. Y.
PRICE: $3,500
BODY: Side entrance tonneau
SEATS: 5 to 7 persons
WEIGHT: 2,800 pounds
WHEEL-BASE: 123 inches
TREAD: 56 inches
TIRES, FRONT: 34 × 4 inches
TIRES, REAR: 34 × 4½ inches
STEERING: Bevel gear connecting to worm and nut
BRAKES: Internal and external on rear wheels
BORE: 4¾ in.; STROKE: 5 in.
SPRINGS: Semi-elliptical
FRAME: Pressed steel
CYLINDERS: 4, vertical in pairs
VALVE ARRANGEMENT: On same side
MOTOR SUSPENSION: From sub-frame
COOLING: Water, fin tube radiator
IGNITION: Jump spark
CURRENT SUPPLY: Storage battery and magneto
CARBURETER: Automatic
LUBRICATION: Splash
MOTOR-CONTROL: Spark and throttle
CHANGE GEAR: Sliding type
SPEEDS: 3 forward and reverse
CHANGE-GEAR CONTROL: Selective system
DRIVE: Shaft
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Gearless, 50 H.P. Gearless Transmission Co., Rochester, N. Y.
PRICE: $3,000
BODY: Side entrance tonneau
SEATS: 5 persons
WEIGHT: 2,600 pounds
WHEEL-BASE: 124 inches
TREAD: 56 inches
TIRES, FRONT: 36 × 4 inches
TIRES, REAR: 36 × 4 inches
STEERING: Worm and nut
BRAKES: On transmission and two on each rear hub
SPRINGS: Semi-elliptical
FRAME: Pressed steel
BORE: 4⅝ in.; STROKE: 5 in.
CYLINDERS: 4, vertical in front; two cycle
MOTOR SUSPENSION: From sub-frame
COOLING: Air jackets. Blower; copper fins cast on cylinders
IGNITION: Jump spark
CURRENT SUPPLY: Storage battery and dry cells
CARBURETER: Float-feed
LUBRICATION: Mechanical force feed oiler
MOTOR-CONTROL: Spark and throttle
CLUTCH: Expanding ring
CHANGE GEAR: Gearless 1907 model, direct drive
SPEEDS: 2 forward and reverse
CHANGE-GEAR CONTROL: Foot pedal for forward speeds; ride lever for reverse
DRIVE: Shaft
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Gearless, 60 H.P. Gearless Transmission Co., Rochester, N. Y.
PRICE: $3,250
BODY: Side entrance tonneau
SEATS: 5 persons
WEIGHT: 2,800 pounds
WHEEL-BASE: 124 inches
TREAD: 56 inches
TIRES, FRONT: 36 × 4 inches
TIRES, REAR: 36 × 4 inches
STEERING: Worm and nut
BRAKES: On transmission and rear hubs
SPRINGS: Semi-elliptical
FRAME: Pressed steel
BORE: 5 in.; STROKE: 5 in.
CYLINDERS: 4 vertical in front, 2 cycle
MOTOR SUSPENSION: From sub-frame
COOLING: Water
IGNITION: Double jump spark
CURRENT SUPPLY: Magneto and battery
CARBURETER: Float-feed
LUBRICATION: Mechanical force feed
MOTOR-CONTROL: Spark and throttle
CLUTCH: Expanding ring
CHANGE GEAR: Gearless direct drive
SPEEDS: 2 forward and reverse
CHANGE-GEAR CONTROL: Side lever and foot pedal
DRIVE: Shaft
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Covert Commercial Car, 12 H.P. Covert Motor Vehicle Co., Lockport, N. Y.
PRICE: $1,000
BODY: Express (screen sides)
CAPACITY: 1,000 pounds
WEIGHT: 1,500 pounds
WHEEL-BASE: 84 inches
TREAD: 56 inches
TIRES, FRONT: 32 × 2 inches
TIRES, REAR: 32 × 2 inches
SPRINGS: Full elliptic
CYLINDERS: Double opposed
MOTOR SUSPENSION: From side members of frame, under seat
COOLING: Water; cellular radiator
IGNITION: Jump spark
CURRENT SUPPLY: Batteries
CHANGE GEAR: Sliding type
CHANGE-GEAR CONTROL: Side lever
DRIVE: Shaft and bevel gears
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Frontenac Runabout, Model D, 40–45 H.P. Abendroth and Root M'f'g. Co., Newburgh, N. Y.
PRICE: $3,500
BODY: Runabout
SEATS: 3 persons
WEIGHT: 2,500 pounds
WHEEL-BASE: 123 inches
TREAD: 56 inches
TIRES, FRONT: 36 × 3½ in.
TIRES, REAR: 36 × 4½ in.
STEERING: Bevel gear and shaft connecting to worm and nut
BRAKES: External and internal on rear wheels
SPRINGS: Semi-elliptical
FRAME: Pressed steel
BORE: 4¾ in.; STROKE: 5 in.
CYLINDERS: 4 vertical, in pairs
VALVE ARRANGEMENT: On one side
MOTOR SUSPENSION: Sub-frame
COOLING: Water; fin tube radiator
IGNITION: Jump spark (double)
CURRENT SUPPLY: Magneto and battery
CARBURETER: Automatic float-feed
LUBRICATION: Splash
MOTOR-CONTROL: Spark and throttle
CHANGE GEAR: Sliding type
SPEEDS: 3 forward and reverse
CHANGE-GEAR CONTROL: Selective system
DRIVE: Shaft
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Chicago Coal or Gravel Truck. Chicago Commercial Auto Mfg. Co., Chicago, Ill.
BODY: Tilting
CAPACITY: 5 tons
WHEEL-BASE: 126 inches
TREAD: 64 inches
TIRES, FRONT: 36 inches, solid rubber
TIRES, REAR: 36 inches, solid rubber
BRAKES: On transmission shaft and rear hubs
SPRINGS: Platform type
FRAME: Steel
BORE: 6 inches
STROKE: 6 inches
CYLINDERS: 4, cast separate
VALVE ARRANGEMENT: in cylinder heads on same side
MOTOR SUSPENSION: Under seat
COOLING: Water
IGNITION: Jump spark
CURRENT SUPPLY: Batteries or magneto
CARBURETER: Float-feed type
LUBRICATION: Mechanical force feed
MOTOR-CONTROL: Spark and throttle
CLUTCH: Cast steel bands with graphite inserts
CHANGE GEAR: Sliding type
SPEEDS: 3 forward and reverse
CHANGE-GEAR CONTROL: Side lever
DRIVE: Side chains
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Chicago Combination Pass. & Bagg. Car. Chicago Commercial Auto Mfg. Co., Chicago, Ill.
BODY: Passenger and baggage car
SEATS: 16 persons
WHEEL-BASE: 126 inches
TREAD: 64 inches
TIRES, FRONT: 36 inches, solid rubber
TIRES, REAR: 36 inches, solid rubber
BRAKES: On transmission shaft and rear wheels
SPRINGS: Platform type
FRAME: Steel
BORE: 6 inches
STROKE: 6 inches
CYLINDERS: 4 vertical, separate
VALVE ARRANGEMENT: In cylinder heads, on same side
MOTOR SUSPENSION: Under seat
COOLING: Water
IGNITION: Jump spark
CURRENT SUPPLY: Batteries or magneto
CARBURETER: Float-feed
LUBRICATION: Mechanical force feed
MOTOR-CONTROL: Spark and throttle
CLUTCH: Cast steel band with graphite inserts
CHANGE GEAR: Sliding type
SPEEDS: 3 forward and reverse
CHANGE-GEAR CONTROL: Side lever
DRIVE: Side chains
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Chicago Truck with Winch. Chicago Commercial Auto Mfg. Co., Chicago, Ill.
BODY: Platform truck with winch
CAPACITY: 5 tons
WHEEL-BASE: 126 inches
TREAD: 64 inches
TIRES, FRONT: 36 inches, solid rubber
TIRES, REAR: 36 inches, solid rubber
STEERING: Vertical column
BRAKES: On transmission and rear hubs
SPRINGS: Platform type
FRAME: Steel
BORE: 6 inches
STROKE: 6 inches
CYLINDERS: 4, cast separate
VALVE ARRANGEMENT: In cylinder heads, operated from one side
MOTOR SUSPENSION: Under driver's seat
COOLING: Water
IGNITION: Jump spark
CURRENT SUPPLY: Batteries or magneto
CARBURETER: Float-feed type
LUBRICATION: Forced feed oiler
MOTOR-CONTROL: Spark and throttle
CLUTCH: Cast steel bands with graphite inserts
CHANGE GEAR: Sliding type
SPEEDS: 3 forward and reverse
CHANGE-GEAR CONTROL: Side lever
DRIVE: Double side chain
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Chase 2-Ton Truck, Model I, 30–40 H.P. Chase Motor Truck Co., Syracuse, N.Y.
PRICE: $3,500
BODY: Express, stake cart or bus
CAPACITY: 4,000 pounds
WEIGHT: 3,500 pounds
WHEEL-BASE: 108 inches
TREAD: 56 inches
TIRES, FRONT: 36 × 4 in. solid
TIRES, REAR: 36 x 3 in. twin solid
STEERING: Nut and screw
BRAKES: Transmission and rear wheel hub
SPRINGS: Front full elliptic, rear semi-elliptic
FRAME: Wood
BORE: 4½ in.; STROKE: 5 in.
CYLINDERS: 4 vertical in front
VALVE ARRANGEMENT: 2 cycle; no valves in cylinders
MOTOR SUSPENSION: From side of frame
COOLING: Forced air
IGNITION: Jump spark
CURRENT SUPPLY: Storage battery
CARBURETER: Automatic
LUBRICATION: Automatic
MOTOR-CONTROL: Spark and throttle
CLUTCH: Cone, cork inserts
CHANGE GEAR: Sliding type
SPEEDS: 3 forward speeds and reverse
CHANGE-GEAR CONTROL: Side lever
DRIVE: Side chains
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Chicago 6-Ton Coal Truck. Chicago Commercial Auto Mfg. Co., Chicago, Ill.
BODY: Side delivery
CAPACITY: 12,000 pounds
WHEEL-BASE: 126 inches
TREAD: 64 inches
TIRES, FRONT: 36 inches, solid rubber
TIRES, REAR: 36 inches, solid rubber
STEERING: Vertical column
BRAKES: On transmission shaft and rear wheels
SPRINGS: Platform type
FRAME: Steel
BORE: 6 inches
STROKE: 6 inches
CYLINDERS: 4, cast separate
VALVE ARRANGEMENT: In cylinder heads, operated from one side
MOTOR SUSPENSION: Under cab
COOLING: Water
IGNITION: Jump Spark
CURRENT SUPPLY: Batteries or magneto
CARBURETER: Float-feed type
LUBRICATION: Mechanical force feed
MOTOR-CONTROL: Spark and throttle
CLUTCH: Cast steel bands with graphite inserts
CHANGE GEAR: Sliding type
SPEEDS: 3 forward and reverse
CHANGE-GEAR CONTROL: Side lever
DRIVE: Side chains
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Chicago 6-Ton Coal Truck. Chicago Commercial Auto Mfg. Co., Chicago, Ill.
BODY: End delivery
CAPACITY: 12,000 pounds
WHEEL-BASE: 126 inches
TREAD: 64 inches
TIRES, FRONT: 36 inches, solid rubber
TIRES, REAR: 36 inches, solid rubber
STEERING: Vertical column
BRAKES: On transmission shaft and rear hubs
SPRINGS: Platform type
FRAME: Steel
BORE: 6 inches
STROKE: 6 inches
CYLINDERS: 4, cast separate
VALVE ARRANGEMENT: In cylinder heads, operated from one side
MOTOR SUSPENSION: Under driver's cab
COOLING: Water
IGNITION: Jump spark
CURRENT SUPPLY: Batteries or magneto
CARBURETER: Float-feed type
LUBRICATION: Mechanical force feed
MOTOR-CONTROL: Spark and throttle
CLUTCH: Cast steel bands with graphite inserts
CHANGE GEAR: Sliding type
SPEEDS: 3 forward and reverse
CHANGE-GEAR CONTROL: Side lever
DRIVE: Side chains
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10-Passenger Limousine. Autocar Equipment Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
PRICE: $5,500
BODY: Limousine
SEATS: 10 persons inside, 2 outside
TREAD: 62½ inches
TIRES, FRONT: 36 × 3½ in.
TIRES, REAR: 36 × 4 in.
STEERING: Irreversible with worm gear
BRAKES: On counter shaft, and double-acting on rear hubs
SPRINGS: Semi-elliptic
FRAME: Oak and steel
BORE: 411/16 in.
STROKE: 5½ in.
CYLINDERS: 4 vertical, separate
VALVE ARRANGEMENT: On opposite sides
COOLING: Water, cellular radiator
IGNITION: Jump spark
CURRENT SUPPLY: Batteries
CARBURETER: Float-feed automatic
LUBRICATION: Force feed
MOTOR-CONTROL: Spark and throttle
CLUTCH: Conical type
CHANGE GEAR: Sliding type
SPEEDS: 3 forward and reverse
CHANGE-GEAR CONTROL: Side lever
DRIVE: Double chain
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Belden, 30 H.P. Belden Auto Co., Pittsburgh, Pa.
PRICE: $4,500
BODY: Side entrance tonneau
SEATS: 7 persons
WEIGHT: 2,450 pounds
WHEEL-BASE: 124 inches
TREAD: 56 inches
TIRES, FRONT: 36 × 3½ inches
TIRES, REAR: 36 × 4½ inches
STEERING: Worm and sector
BRAKES: Two on rear hubs
SPRINGS: Semi-elliptical front; platform rear
FRAME: Pressed steel
BORE: 5⅛ in.; STROKE: 5½ in.
CYLINDERS: 4 vertical, in front
VALVE ARRANGEMENT: Mechanical intake and exhaust
MOTOR SUSPENSION: From side members of frame
COOLING: Water; cellular radiator
IGNITION: Jump spark
CURRENT SUPPLY: Magneto and battery
CARBURETER: Automatic
LUBRICATION: Force feed
MOTOR-CONTROL: Spark and throttle
CLUTCH: Multiple disc
CHANGE GEAR: Belden selective
SPEEDS: 3 forward and reverse
CHANGE-GEAR CONTROL: Side lever
DRIVE: Shaft
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"Buggyabout," Model C, 14 H.P. Hatfield Motor Vehicle Co., Cortland, N. Y.
PRICE: $750
BODY: Piano box convertible to commercial wagon
SEATS: 4 persons
WEIGHT: 900 pounds
WHEEL-BASE: 101 inches
TREAD: 56 inches
TIRES, FRONT: 38 × 1½ inches
TIRES, REAR: 42 × 1½ inches
STEERING: Chain and sprocket (patented)
BRAKES: 2 on differential sprockets, 2 emergency
SPRINGS: Full elliptical
FRAME: Wood sill, reinforced by angle iron
BORE: 4½ in.; STROKE: 4 in.
CYLINDERS: 2 opposed
VALVE ARRANGEMENT: Automatic intake; mechanical exhaust
MOTOR SUSPENSION: From sills
COOLING: Air
IGNITION: Jump spark
CURRENT SUPPLY: Dry cells
CARBURETER: Schebler
LUBRICATION: Gravity feed
MOTOR-CONTROL: Spark and throttle
CLUTCH: None
SPEEDS: 3 to 25 miles
DRIVE: Friction drive (patented)
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R & L Stanhope. Rauch and Lang Carriage Co., Cleveland, Ohio
PRICE: $1,850
BODY: Stanhope
SEATS: 2 persons
WEIGHT: 1,600 pounds
WHEEL-BASE: 73 inches
TIRES, FRONT: 32 in., pneumatic
TIRES, REAR: 32 in., pneumatic
STEERING: Side lever
BRAKES: On rear wheels and emergency
SPRINGS: Semi-elliptic front; full elliptic rear
FRAME: Steel
HORSE-POWER: 1½
MOTOR: Hertner
MOTOR SUSPENSION: Under body
SPEED: 1–22 m. p. h.
DISTANCE: 75 to 80 miles
MOTOR-CONTROL: Lever at left of seat
DRIVE: Double chain from countershaft
506 visits
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Sovereign, Model M. Matthews Motor Co., Camden, N. J.
BODY: Side entrance tonneau
SEATS: 8 persons
WHEEL-BASE: 124 inches
TREAD: 56 inches
TIRES, FRONT: 36 × 4 inches
TIRES, REAR: 36 × 5 inches
BRAKES: 2 double internal on rear hubs
SPRINGS: Semi-elliptic, front; platform type rear
FRAME: Pressed steel
BORE: 5½ in.; STROKE: 6 in.
CYLINDERS: 4 vertical
MOTOR SUSPENSION: From frame
COOLING: Water
IGNITION Jump spark (double plugs)
CURRENT SUPPLY: Magneto and batteries
CARBURETER: Automatic
LUBRICATION: Mechanical pump
MOTOR-CONTROL: Spark and throttle
CHANGE GEAR: Sliding type
SPEEDS: 4 forward and reverse
CHANGE-GEAR CONTROL: Side lever
DRIVE: Double side chain
492 visits
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Synnestvedt 2-Ton Truck. Synnestvedt Machine Co., Pittsburgh, Pa.
BODY: Stake or van
CAPACITY: 2 tons
WHEEL-BASE: 87 inches
TREAD: 52 inches
TIRES, FRONT: 36 × 4 in.
TIRES, REAR: 36 × 5 in.
BRAKES: On rear wheel and driving shaft
SPRINGS: Platform
FRAME: Channel steel
MOTOR: Synnestvedt electric
MOTOR SUSPENSION: In rear under body
SPEEDS: 4 forward, 2 reverse
DRIVE: Chain
528 visits
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Hercules, Model 140. James Macnaughtan Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
PRICE: $2,350
BODY: Piano box
SEATS: 2 or 4 persons
CAPACITY: 1,500 pounds
WEIGHT: 3,300 pounds
TIRES, FRONT: 36 × 3 inches
TIRES, REAR: 39 × 3½ inches
STEERING: Irreversible type
BRAKES: Internal expanding hub
SPRINGS: Full elliptic
MOTORS: Double equipment
MOTOR SUSPENSION: From body
MOTOR-CONTROL: Westinghouse
SPEEDS: 4 ahead and reverse
DRIVE: Double chain
599 visits
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Hercules, Model 144. James Macnaughtan Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
PRICE: $1,700
BODY: Heavy platform truck
CAPACITY: 6,000 pounds
WEIGHT: 3,525 pounds
WHEEL-BASE: 73½ inches
TREAD: 37⅜ inches
TIRES, FRONT: 20 × 4 × ⅜ in. steel
TIRES, REAR: 20 × 4 × ⅜ in. steel
STEERING: Irreversible worm type
BRAKES: Electric on motors
SPRINGS: No springs
MOTORS: Single equipment
MOTOR SUSPENSION: From body
MOTOR-CONTROL: Westinghouse
CHANGE SPEEDS: 3 speeds forward and reverse
DRIVE: Double chain
459 visits
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Hill Touring Car, 35 H.P. Hill Motor Car Co., Haverhill, Mass.
PRICE: $3,000
BODY: Side entrance tonneau
SEATS: 5 persons
WEIGHT: 2,200 pounds
TIRES, FRONT: 32 × 4 inches
TIRES, REAR: 32 × 4 inches
BRAKES: On rear wheel drums
SPRINGS: Full elliptic
FRAME: Pressed steel
BORE: 4½ in.; STROKE: 5 in.
CYLINDERS: 4 vertical cast separately
VALVES: Mechanically operated
MOTOR SUSPENSION: Direct from frame
COOLING: Air
IGNITION: Jump spark
CURRENT SUPPLY: Storage battery
CARBURETER: Float-feed automatic
LUBRICATION: Automatic
MOTOR-CONTROL: Hand or foot
CLUTCH: Multiple disc
CHANGE GEAR: Sliding type
SPEEDS: 3 forward and reverse
CHANGE-GEAR CONTROL: Side lever
DRIVE: Bevel gear
554 visits
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Hercules, Model 121. James Macnaughtan Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
PRICE: $3,200
BODY: Delivery truck
CAPACITY: 4,000 pounds
WEIGHT: 6,000 pounds
WHEEL-BASE: 103 inches
TREAD: 72 inches
TIRES, FRONT: 36 × 4 inches
TIRES, REAR: 38 × 4 inches
STEERING: Pinion and sector type
BRAKES: Internal expanding hub
SPRINGS: Half platform front and rear
MOTORS: Double equipment
MOTOR SUSPENSION: From body
MOTOR-CONTROL: Westinghouse
SPEED: 8½ m.p.h.
CHANGE SPEEDS: 4 forward and reverse
DISTANCE: 38 miles
DRIVE: Double chain
NOTE: With slight changes in price and specifications these trucks range in capacity up to 10,000 pounds: bodies to order
446 visits
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Hercules, Model 128. James Macnaughtan Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
PRICE: $4,400
BODY: Stake platform with top
CAPACITY: 10,000 pounds
WEIGHT: 8,700 pounds
WHEEL-BASE: 117 inches
TREAD: 83 inches
TIRES, FRONT: 36 × 7 inches
TIRES, REAR: 36 × 7 inches
STEERING: Pinion and sector type
BRAKES: Internal expanding hub
SPRINGS: Semi-elliptic
MOTORS: Double equipment
MOTOR SUSPENSION: From body
MOTOR-CONTROL: Westinghouse
CHANGE SPEEDS: 4 forward and reverse
DRIVE: Double chain
422 visits
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Hercules, Model 139. James Macnaughtan Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
PRICE: $2,250
BODY: Express wagon
CAPACITY: 2,000 pounds
WEIGHT: 3,200 pounds
TIRES, FRONT: 34 × 3½ inches
TIRES, REAR: 36 × 4 inches
STEERING: Horizontal side lever
BRAKES: Internal expanding hub
SPRINGS: Front, half platform; rear, full elliptic
MOTORS: Single equipment
MOTOR SUSPENSION: From body
DISTANCE: 50 miles
MOTOR-CONTROL: Westinghouse
SPEED: 9 m.p.h.
CHANGE SPEEDS: 4 speeds ahead and reverse
DRIVE: Double chain
491 visits
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Hercules, Model 106. James Macnaughtan Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
PRICE: $2,350
BODY: Open delivery
CAPACITY: 1,500 pounds
WEIGHT: 3,500 pounds
WHEEL-BASE: 77 inches
TREAD: 65 inches
TIRES, FRONT: 36 × 3 inches
TIRES, REAR: 39 × 3½ inches
STEERING: Irreversible type
BRAKES: Internal expanding hub
SPRINGS: Front, semi-elliptic; rear, half platform
MOTORS: Double equipment
MOTOR SUSPENSION: From body
MOTOR-CONTROL: Westinghouse
CHANGE SPEEDS: 4 forward and reverse
DRIVE: Double chain
444 visits
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Hercules, Model 113. James Macnaughtan Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
PRICE: $3,750
BODY: Platform truck
CAPACITY: 7,000 pounds
WEIGHT: 7,500 pounds
WHEEL-BASE: 118 inches
TREAD: 70 inches
TIRES, FRONT: 36 × 5 inches
TIRES, REAR: 38 × 5 inches
STEERING: Pinion and sector type
BRAKES: Internal expanding hub
SPRINGS: Semi-elliptic
MOTORS: Double equipment
MOTOR SUSPENSION: From body
SPEED: 8 m.p.h.
MOTOR-CONTROL: Westinghouse
DISTANCE: 30 miles
CHANGE SPEEDS: 4 forward and reverse
DRIVE: Double chain
414 visits