Author: Alfred Richard SennettPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Automobiles
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
"Carriages Without Horses Shall Go"
Author: Alfred Richard SennettPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Automobiles
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Carriages Without Horses
Author: Richard P ScharchburgPublisher: SAE International
ISBN: 0768035694
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
In September 1893, little could 23-year-old mechanic J. Frank Duryea dream of the changes that would be brought about by his creation -- a frail gasoline buggy that made its debut on the streets of Springfield, Massachusetts. Charles E. and J. Frank Duryea, two brothers from rural Illinois, were the founders of the American automobile industry. The Duryea Motor Wagon company was the first company organized in the United States for the manufacture of automobiles. The attention-getting, older brother Charles demanded - and to date has received - the principal credit for these pioneering accomplishments. A bitter family feud between the brothers, which was even carried on by their families after their deaths, further muddied the question about the individual brothers' contributions. However, in Carriages Without Horses: J. Frank Duryea and the Birth of the American Automobile Industry, historian and author Richard P. Scharchburg proves that the quiet, self-effacing younger brother J. Frank Duryea is unquestionably entitled to as much credit as Charles, if not considerably more. J. Frank did the actual work of construction on the cars, and was responsible for the practical designing and engineering of all components (aside from the steering mechanism) of the Duryea cars. More than an account of the struggle for precedence between brothers, however, Carriages Without Horses tells the story of America's first automobile company taking shape. Scharchburg covers the design and development of the first Duryea car, culminating with its successful operation on the streets of Springfield, Massachusetts on September 21, 1893. This book also covers: the landmark Chicago Times-Herald race of 1895, won by the Duryea car built and driven by J. Frank; the subsequent progress of the Duryea Motor Wagon Company; and, after the brothers went their separate ways, J. Frank's 1901 founding of the Stevens-Duryea Company.
Mother Shipton's Prophecies
Author: Mother ShiptonMother Shipton Investigated
Author: William H. HarrisonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Prophecies
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Carnegie Magazine
Author: Catering Industry Employee
Author: The Mixer and Server
Author: Harper's New Monthly Magazine
Author: Henry Mills AldenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 988
Book Description
Harper's informs a diverse body of readers of cultural, business, political, literary and scientific affairs.
Harper's Magazine
Author: Henry Mills AldenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 994
Book Description
Important American periodical dating back to 1850.
Unity
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Liberalism (Religion)
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description