Early History of Cars
In Philadelphia, in 1792, a man named Oliver Evans applied for a patent on a steam land carriage. He called his steam carriage “oruktor amphibolos”. Martini a 14th century painter, who was trained in engineering, also had the same idea. He designed on paper, a man-propelled carriage, which had four wheels. Each of these wheels was turned by a hand crank, which was hooked up with gearing. This was on the right track but the people doing the cranking would “die of exhaustion”. The really historical part of martini’s design was the name, he called it the “automobile”, coming from
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Oliver Evans, Siegfried Marcus, Silver Ghost, Gordon Bennett, Camille Jenatzy, Steam Tractor, Curved Dash, Emile Jellinek, Nicholas Cugnot, Naming Philadelphia, electric car,
Approximate Word count = 425
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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