Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-07
AuTO PATENTED BY
DELAWAREAN, 1871
Oliver Evans of Philadelphia, Ma
tive Of Newport, Was First
American Inventor.

IN the automobile industry, and written
by Charles Clifton, president oi the Ma
nonnl Automobile Chambcr OF commerce,
has. a. Idc from it's value as An account o,
the development of a great industry, ioc'l
,utrr.st m that II relates TACT NOT gen-
rrally known that a native OF delaware
was granted patent for the trst Anerl-
ean built automobile
i, t7S7 Oliver Evans of Philadelphia
built the first american autonioo"T
undcr +. patent issued hy the State oi
MARYLAND II was 90 awkward and heavy
that public opinion vetoed ITS nraciica-
b,htv and the inventor Was forced 7"
abandon his further experiments
olixrr Evans. the inventor, was horn
.t Neu,srrt. Del IN l155. tie was an IN
vrntor az considerable note BESIDES
The automobile mentioned. lac invented
the sutonatic flour null the high pressure
steam engine. a machine for making card
,,eth = STRAIN drrdgc, aud the hoiler
Known as the Cornish boiler. hese
w,r.,rtant inyen ions brought hlm small
t-rr,iniarv rpuirn, and his means were IN
,,rfficicnt for the prosecution OF ms me
.hanic.l experiments Tie was thc authoI
n Tho Young Engineers t'uidc,
,.,,,,,shcd IN Philadelphia In 1905. and
t.-snslaterl into the French Language m
Is2I. miller and MlllwrightS Guide,
o,hshcd IN Philaliclpms IN 1877, and IN
Pans IN 1890 Iic died New ! fork
April IS, 1919
In writing of the development of the
automobile, Mir Clifton savS
The twenty second anniversary of tho
e-st ssIc of n motor vchicle IN the nItrd
States xIIl come IN April OF this year.
The automobile, which was conceived III
F,irnr.e. has found IT. greatest developinct
n, th,, United States Many OF the AInerl-
can ploncer. arc stlll living and reapihR
sh.r benefits of thelr early sacrlhces 1hartes
y Dh,ryr->. Elword IIavncs, the ApPerson
b,,,hrrs Z. Y. ODDS. Alexander Winton
.,d Henry Ford are to-day national pcr-
.o,>rcs Their genius has brought to
millions of thclr countrymcn, undrcamed-
n, pleasures and prosperity
ISftx wears af-1 the automobile WAS the
srr.-rrrrrnt ot few intrepid inventors
II -aS cl.svsu,d nv the public. with the
f,rr,s>. of jules Verne, wonderful ou' mn
rr>ct,csl The pionecrs Did not conceive
,b.t thr,r Inventions would grow INTO the
third Sr,,tret manufacturing industry IN
The country
Surprising ~ Il may seem, the autoIno-
tsle v he progrnitoT oi u" iNcnmotiFe.
The first automobile vs hnlt and tlco
so yvnrS tciorr the hrst rsllroad track
vN laid
Csota,n Nicholas Io-cph GuEnOt F
.r,SIItrd with having constructed, 70
1860. the first motor propelled road "
hr-lc that srtylsly ran Steam WAS the
torrs THIS machine was clumsy ovrr
heL.ncri snd difficult q steer IL Wis
naytly wrecked on one ~ ITS trips ana
rs~rr rpht!Ilt II WAS planod IN tho Con-
,crvatory oi Arts and Trades n Parls
.herr Il u stIll An object of much interest
In f7S7 Oliver Evans 81 Philadelphia
hsrilt the first American automobile under
. rrafens granted by h, STATE Of Nary land
Il sLso wa So suaUard ano heavy ina
pubic opsnHn vetoed its pracucahIitN
and the inventor vsS forced 70 abandon
hr~ further experiments IN lN'i y all'F
Hancock An fnglshnan built = steam
r.r that M caA~a tho Infant THIS car
r,,de regular trips tctWccn London and
S,ratfor4 and N 1882 the distance was
Fxtsndcd ~ Brighton his vehicle c2r-
ned eleven passengers and Was run ~ an
,yers.,, sr.ccd ~ nIns uliiFS an hour
sh,,lt 1874 Cotthcb haunlcv and Car
B-anr began their basic ,NIsrlmcnfS in the
6eId az internal combustion hydrocarnon
motors On Man ) l>,q, George Rald-
,,n S.pld~r, ~ Rochester, New York, filed
An arphcatIon for patent. covering tho
Vr<r ~ the gasoline motor as 3 PruPelllnG
force ~ = road vehicle and Ipon the TtflCle
a. whole THIS application WIS the
pioneer patent 81 the industry Seldcn DC
no- built car until some SCarT after his
pstent Was granted hiie s aTi f>en2 81
NSnnheirn Germany h,lit the frst IN
prnN combustion hvdro-carton motor
r~or-all,-d vphlric IN ! lSNa. i Was not unill
fsa3 that the automobile practically as Il
= known TO-DAY w4s launched lanlEAra
and Iavassor. IL, that wear. manufactured
2SO motors. neariy al 81 winch we're sold.
n Aus~rIcs Charles lEirNca and
rlwcc.d HAYNES were the first 70 ht.id gas
olOe vehicles thai would r!n ne exact
dS.e On which these reSpcciIve American
usoaeers first ran thcIr cars not a.
-slrafelv recorded bat u Was some 'lrnc
m $500 To Alcxandtr Nmtun goFx th'.
o-,sil, az >eillns The inst American auto
r-sohsle On april / lslN n sold = one
CYLINDER NIntou automobile q Robert
Aiipnr az Port { art,on rs Allison T&n
si-e car for two YEAR 4nd - Nlnirh
sol,~Itsf.ofl. sold II hack u the NIntCu
Fnrnuanv. vi hers i Is suIl ~ existence
AL these vehicles Vere q tnc 'hors'-
g,-s carr,agp t1-p-t Il VA not until 1901
OF 1902 that n. a'itonoi .ie s'ased Lpcn
fhf EurnpeAr P,.nhard y lPvassOr Twp.
Was introduced The difference bstWt-au
shl E.r0T..,Au modg anc m harseiess
Wagon Ma hAl u n. FORMER central
frame a. carr tie pa~tr plant ana art =
the keystone 81 II. eaI structure rs d.
velOped Ttt. tca Is teAsle N modern
sutolnotait uanufaci lriuC
Ths hlstors of th' motor trui : ant
dsts- u, I,lsSeuger automof y" t'dgfn'
n Franc, liancnct and itlsS' y, ing
and sud Owens n tuerira Designed 'hr.
III pro|sitoe ysncie ~ c'nm'rei
purgsErs frugnot first velltfIs Va
nm. - haul heavy artiierN. Han
-rcf .tnd Eu-e' machine ",r' d'
,.gn..l = .,-,,D,r,tt .t,Ag,z vtHi, t,Scf,-
..trs.rIrnenL anne +, ;,ra1'iDal rpa1
aaeou I-1, uaVengtr ar am. Il such
pnl Ate HE iaan'fr sTa.rtH'nts q
Dulmier snc Beuy d q. ,c4f -
Tn TueSl tlltr 81 o'mn"r"LAiLhe
IN sutompa..s Wer, ,RrraiN.C nN mann
a the Anieritsu pian.cr iuie IT, exact
prlRlu III lhe eouiru"rriaI ,sl l- somewhat
ots,ciIr,-d e.slacars s-rrrl- t.1 favor n.lr-
Won 4 cArrlag. h..isder of 6 hIc;-go. -
me first man lfscturer tiE CAT ReTe run
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