Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-23
NATIONAL AUTOM0-
BILE SHOW.
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Dynamometer Manufacturing Company
and the Patuxent Lumber Company
The development of the automobile in
dustry and the advancement OF the mo-
tor ear has been. to a large extent, due
to the yearly automobile shows In va
| rious sections of the country AFTER
lapse of four years Washington is 10
have an exhibition, which will excel any
thing of its kind ever seen here. There
will be roadsters runabouts, touring cars
capable of seating four. five and seven
passengers comfortably: landaulets IL
mousines. electrics. steamers, taxlcabs
| and in fact. everything in the shape of
| motor cars which will appeal to the local
public
| There will be on exhibition the results
of fifteen years development and growth
on the part of the pioneer automobile
manufacturers of America. 1t has not
| been many years since the automobile
was as much of a curiosity as the aero
plane is today. The motor car of today
| is no longer an invention to increase the
| pleasure of those who can most afford
them. 1t has taken a place in the COM
mercial field. and is today found on
every city street and country road. This
automobile Is doing its share to develop
| that end From a noisy. heavy, crude
piece of mechanism 1t has attained its
present high standard of efficiency.
Advent of the Automobile.
1 The advent of the automobile was
made possible only by the development
of the gas engine of extreme lightness.
| AS compared with the old stationary
type of gas engine of about 800 pounds
per horsepower, the present-day engine
usually weighs about fifteen or eighteen
| pounds per horsepower. The trend of
| the present-day automobile engine design
| is toward the long stroke and toward
4 quietness and higher efficiency. The
principal reason for this new develop
ment was to secure longer lived motors
since the longer the stroke the slower
the motor can run and still deliver it's
full power. 1t has only been within the
past few years that the automobile has
undergone great development and at an
unprecedented speed, a phase which
every new mechanism is obliged to pass
through.
1t has been greatly improved in quail
ity and cheapened by the natural method
of elimination of the more unfit construc-
tons. This process is still going on.
but at slower pace than formerly. The
motor has been quoted by attention to
the valve-operating mechanism, to. the
carburetor and to the exhaust line. 1t
has been given remarkable f1eXibilty by
improvements principally in the carbu-
rotor and valve setting. and the magnetic
has come into its own as the most re-
liable source of ignition current. The
radiators have been strengthened and in
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inder jacketing and fabrication have been
cared for in such a way that overheated
motors are a rarily. In connection with
the running gear the pressed steel frame
is now universal. its advantages from
the standpoint of strength, lightness and
cheapness being now thoroughly under
| stood.
| In nearly every instance the one piece
| drop forging and I-beam section has
| taken the place of the old built-up tube
or hand-forged rectangular section. The
| springs especially those in the rear, have
been heightened, fattened and made of
better material. with corresponding in
| crease in comfort, especially at high
speeds. The wheels. apart from the hubs
and tires. have undergone less change
| than any other important element. but
considered as a whole. the adoption of
drawnmetal hubs, roller and ball bear
ings, together with detachable rims have
modified this unit appreciably. In this
| way 1t may be said that every portion
Of the automobile has been improved by
| men who had made this type of part a
study for years before the advent of
the automobile. and who thus were pc
cuifarly well placed to help the automo-
bile engineer in his work