Early History of Cars
In Philadelphia, in 1792, a man named Oliver Evans applied for a patent on a steam land carriage. He called his steam carriage “oruktor amphibolos”. Martini a 14th century painter, who was trained in engineering, also had the same idea. He designed on paper, a man-propelled carriage, which had four wheels. Each of these wheels was turned by a hand crank, which was hooked up with gearing. This was on the right track but the people doing the cranking would “die of exhaustion”. The really historical part of martini’s design was the name, he called it the “automobile”, coming from . . .
the Greek word “auto” meaning self and the Latin word “mobils” meaning moving. The maker of this car was Siegfried Marcus. Finally in 1908, the Ford model T was created. It was such a great seller because it was cheap, reliable, and easy to maintain. This car stayed in production until 1927, by which time had sold 15 million. Oldsmobile also created it 5hp Curved Dash, this was the first mass produced car in the USA. AA new electric car came out in 1899, the Jamais Contente Electric Car. Then in 1898, Renault flourished a great town-to-town car racer, also setting a new design trend. It was the first successful six cylinder; it was fast and won races. He called it The Cugnot 3-wheel Steam Tractor. In 1903, Lanchester was created, it was a 12hp 4-wheeled petrol vehicle. In 1902, Napier showed off its new 35hp Gordon Bennett racing car. It had a steel frame, smooth engine, and the first honeycomb radiator. This steam-powered car would run for about 15 min.
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Oliver Evans, Siegfried Marcus, Silver Ghost, Gordon Bennett, Camille Jenatzy, Steam Tractor, Curved Dash, Emile Jellinek, Nicholas Cugnot, Naming Philadelphia, electric car, |
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