Carl BenzAutomobile Biographies The pioneer inventor of a two-cycle stationary engine. Born, November 26, 1844, at Karlsruhe, Baden, Germany. The early education of Carl Benz was acquired at the Lyceum until his seventeenth year and then at the Technical High School of his native city for four more years. This was followed by three years of [...]  |
James Gordon BennettAutomobile Biographies Took sporting side of the automobile movement. So interesting was the sporting side of the automobile movement that it early attracted the attention of James Gordon Bennett. The great runs, or tours, or races commenced in 1891, and continued annually from 1894 on, resulted in the offering of the Bennett trophy for international [...] |
John BaynesAutomobile Biographies Noted Investogator of mechanism which was designed to be attached to carriages for the purpose of giving them motion by means of manual labor, or by other suitable power, and consisted of a peculiar combination of levers and rods. A very ingenious modification of William Brunton’s mechanical traveler was the subject of a [...] |
Harry H. BassettAutomobile Biographies Harry H. Bassett was the leader of the greatest automobile organization in the world – General Motors. The place of honor at the Annual Automobile Show in New York has been won year after year by Buick. Its sales have regularly ranked first among all exhibitors. What accounts for such a record? Who, [...] |
James Caleb AndersonAutomobile Biographies Noted Investogator of steam locomotion on common roads. Born in Cork, Ireland, July 21, 1782. Died in London, April 4, 1861. The father of Sir James Caleb Anderson, of Buttevant Castle, Ireland, was John Anderson, a celebrated merchant of Ireland, famous as the founder of the town of Fermoy. The son gave much [...] |
Daniel AdamsonAutomobile Biographies Noted investogator of a common-road locomotive. In 1858 the firm of Daniel Adamson & Co., of Dukinfield, near Manchester, England, built a common-road locomotive for a Mr. Schmidt. A multitubular boiler was used, two and one-half feet in diameter and five and one-half feet long, with a working pressure of one hundred and [...] |
