The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-30
NEW TRANSMISSION
ISA REVELATION
An A r c Explanation Makes
One a Stanch Believer
in the Device.

what do you mean-no gears and a
thousand speeds never heard Of an
automobile without gears, and four
speeds are all know about The
speaker was n well known business
man who was talking viii his chauffeur
We'll. boss. ! advise you TO see II. Its
. p,ppin! Magnetic transmission. no
gears. no gear levers. no clutch. Just
. lever on your steering wheel and the
accelerator do the business. II would
b q great car for the Mrs." pursued the
chauffeur.
well. never mind about the Mrs. until
I know something about this car which
you say has no gears and a thousand
speeds. II sounds preposterous TO me.
The Owen Magnetic. you say. ] suppose
I'll 20 up there and he disappointed.
Bill. o are always fussing around
among those automobile people and get
ting 70 enthusiastic over every new
thing that appears on the street. n had
put on my cars all the new accessories
and doo-dads you have approved there
would have been no room for the pas
sengers. However. II there Is something
new to see in the car line 7 am game to
match my time against the other fell
lows and listen to his story. But no
gears and a thousand speeds Is a bi, far
fetched. II seems 20 me-
So. Mr.. Business Man went UP on Au-
ecmobile Row In a tolerant though sus-
pfcious frame Of mind AZ ne passed the
long row Of automobile salesrooms and
saw that all Of them contained the kind
OF cars he understood. cars which were
built according TO generally accepted
engineering practice. n car with no gears
n n thousand speeds seemed more pre-
posterous than ever 10 him.
"Ah, here II is the Owen Magnetic
Cas-Uo gears and a thousand speeds
Wen. they certainly are not c~oncealing
the fact that this car is on the market ;
% It must be beyond the experimental
stage. How far beyond that stage we
shall see In a few minutes.
Eyes, ! am interested In how II runs
and Just how reliable II is. In other
words you will have to show me. Cars
with no gears and a thousand speeds
are not In my line. You have n secret,
30 just whisper 1t TO me In a way that
] can understand. My car has gears
and four speeds. Now what is this
proposition Of yours which seems so
RADICAL The business man was ad-
dressing L. S. Partridge, sales manager
Of the r.. NJ. owen Company, and II
didn't take the latter long TO begin his
story. From first TO last the caller
never tnterjcCted a word, because he
was too interested. Mr., Partridge said
"The reason we. who sell the owen
Magnetic. are so enthusiastic Is because
this car Is the simplifcd AUTOMOBILES.
and II YOU will permit me to explain
It's construction to you in non-techniCa
language ] nm sure ] Will be able to
make that point clear to you.
"By referring to the drawings YOU
will see that in Fig, ! W. have AT a an
illustration OF a magnet. and we all
know what n magnet is because we
played with one when we were chill
dren. n We should take this magnet,
put II on a pedestal MS n and attach
q hand crank, then take "A piece Of iron
or steel, &C. putting 1t b tween tho ends
OF the magnet and have Il, shaft also
mounted on n pedestal, and then revolvc
the magnet by turning the hand crank
we would naturally carry the piece Of
steel with Il. although there ~ an air
space between the magnet and the piece
Of steel,
"Referring 10 Fig. .. we find that in
place OF a hand crank 10 revolve thu
magnet We have an engine revolving
", and We can turn this over as fas,
or as slowly az we desire In accordance
with the way W. operate the throttle
and by doing this Nul viii zoe that W.
arc driving unr car Ia '<a.tiy the sam,
way 90 Nou drivo your ,lr Won xii
mole row tha' 'Lc r.,r Of ,t..l lac he.
com" q paw 'f thc ,lr.," vi,nt'. there
i"t", ~ tho engine Turns over I, 70
NoiVtS III" magnet and, Of course. 10.
wolves the drN" shaft with It
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