Evening star., 1936-11-15


ing back as far as l30 BIC
and continuing up to the
present time, has been prepared by the
Automotive Daily News and appears
In its almanac edition for 1896. The
chronicle of events in the trade paper
should be of interest to all motor
minded and especially at auto show
time. 1t is herewith reprinted.
130 BIC. Hero of Alexandria built
first steam engine of record.
1850 AID. Roger Bacon prophesied
the coming of horseless car
riages. Grand Canal of China
constructed.
1887. Lock canal constructed at Milan,
Italy, on Leonardo da Vinci's
plan. His geared wheel belongs
to slightly earlier period.
1860. Carriages without horses shall
go'-prophecy of Mother Ship
ton.
1919. English patent granted to Ram
say and Wildgoose for drawing
carts without horses"
1914. Jean TheS0n granted a rrenCH
patent on horseless carriage
propelled by two seated men.
l649. Hutsch in Germany and Richard
in France made autocars propel-
led by passengers.
1855. FIR. VerbieSt in China applied
steam to propulsion of car
riage, by applying a steam jet
to a small windmill mounted
on wheels.
1859. Model steam engine produced on
lines suggested by Sir Isaac New
ton; resembled Heros in prin-
ciple.
1890. Denis Papin invented earliest
piston-and-cylinder steam en-
gine; applied this to carriage
and made it move.
1895. Sir Humphrey Mackworth ap-
piled sails to his wagons on the
trainway at his colliery at
Meath, South Wales.
l74S. Vaucanson drove before Louis
XIV a carriage propelled by
clockwork springs.
Benjamin Franklin's successful
electrical jump-spark expert
ment.
1859. Capt. Nicholas Joseph Cugnot
built a steam tractor for French
artillery use, the first self-pro-
PEELED vehicle constructed for
definite use as contrasted with
experimentation.
James Watt patented, after ex-
periments beginning in 1764, his
separate condenser for steam
engines, and other Improvements
increasing the effectiveness Of
steam power.
1854. William Murdock, associate of
Watt, successfully tested small
steam carriage now in the Brit
ish Museum.
1857. Oliver Evans secured right to use
Maryland roads for steam car
riage.
1889. Nathan Read drove a paddle
wheel steamboat at Danyers,
Mass.
Oliver Evans took out first Amer
lean patent on self-propelled
road vehicle. Patent issued by
State of Maryland.
Gunpowder Used.
1900. Sir George Medhurst patented
an explosive (gunpowder) engine
and proposed to apply this to
carriage.
1S01-02. Richard Trevithick built and
drove successfully a steam car
riage Oondon, England.
1907. Fulton's Clermont. paddle-wheel
steamship, began to ply between
New York and Albany.
1918. Rudolph Ackerman patented in
England q tangential steering
device originated in Munich by
George Lankensperger, the first
to work the modern principle of
rounding corners.
1920. Parish and Cecil built explosion
engines using hydrogen gas.
1921. Julius Griffiths of England
patented steam carriage, which
was well constructed by the
famous mechanic, Bramah.
1924. w. H. James produced his first
steam carriage, which aroused
wide interest in the mechanical
world,
Burstall and Hills steam drag"
1925. Two American steam carriages
appeared, one by T. w. Walker.
in Edgar County, ILL.,, and one
in Springfield, Mass, by Thos.
Blanchard, who received the in
dorsement of the Massachusetts,
Legislature.
London amazed by a carriage
drawn by kites.
1927. England entered actively into
the building of steam carriages,
with Walter Hancock and Sir
Goldsworthy Gurney leading.
Hancock is credited with being
the first to use chain transmits
sion and to make tight metallic |
joints capable of withstanding
high steam pressures. 4
1929. First successful use of planet
gearing-Paris.
First locomotives imported into
United States.
1881. Select Committee of British
Commons held hearings to re-
view the progress of mechanical
transport; decided steam car
riages were not harmful to roads.
Nevertheless, power vehicles were
Disseminated against for the
next so years in England.
First railway locomotive built In
United States.
1888. Richard Roberts of Manchester,
England, applied differential
gearing to steam carriage.
Solid Tires Appear.
1888. Dietz credited with being the
first to use solid India rubber
tires.
Comte d'Asda drove a Maceroni
and Squire steam carriage from
Brussels to Paris.