G. BoutonAutomobile Biographies Noted investogator of various mechanical devices. An ingenious and practical engineer, Bouton made various mechanical devices, but it is claimed that from a clever toy came the associations which have resulted in the now famous firm, DeDion-Bouton, with which he is connected. It is said Compte DeDion saw this toy and on asking [...]  |
Amedee BolleeAutomobile Biographies The pioneer inventor of a steam carriage. In April, 1873, Amedee Bollee, of Le Mans, France, the noted French engineer, filed a patent for a steam road vehicle and two years later he built the steam stage that he named Obeissante. Toward the end oi that year this stage was run in and [...] |
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 [...] |
America in the WarThe second phase of the war boom covers the period of America’s participation in the war. The years 1917 and 1918 were not a good time for the automobile industry. In the first place, the auto manufacturer did not make money out of the war. In the second place, the scarcity of steel almost compelled [...] |
The Motor Cab And The Char-A-Banc – Public Service VehiclesThe history of the motor cab has been curious in more ways than one. Perhaps the most interesting fact is that the very rapid development of motors in this sphere was largely due to a quite extraneous circumstance. For years past, the public, while tolerating the cab driver as a proverbial humorist, had very much [...] |
The Motor Omnibus – Public Service VehiclesIn the sphere of the public service vehicle, the products of the motor industry have made astonishingly rapid progress, resulting in the almost total displacement of passenger traffic dependent upon horse haulage. In face of the motor cab, the old horsed vehicle bids fair to end its already precarious existence very shortly. For pleasure trips, [...] |
