The Horseless Age
Title | The Horseless Age PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 416 |
Release | 1917 |
Genre | Automobile industry and trade |
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Horseless Age
Title | Horseless Age PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 340 |
Release | 1918 |
Genre | Automobile industry and trade |
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The Indianapolis Automobile Industry
Title | The Indianapolis Automobile Industry PDF eBook |
Author | Sigur E. Whitaker |
Publisher | McFarland |
Pages | 320 |
Release | 2018-02-22 |
Genre | Transportation |
ISBN | 1476666911 |
In 1893, Indianapolis carriage maker Charles Black created a rudimentary car--perhaps the first designed and built in America. Within 15 years, Indianapolis was a major automobile industry center rivaling Detroit, and known for quality manufacturing and innovation--the aluminum engine, disc brakes, aerodynamics, superchargers, and the rear view mirror were first developed there. When the Indianapolis Motor Speedway opened in 1909, hometown manufacturers Marmon, Stutz and Duesenberg dominated the track. The author covers their histories, along with less well known contributors to the industry, including National, American, Premier, Marion, Cole, Empire, LaFayette, Knight-Lyons and Hassler.
The Electric Car in America, 1890-1922
Title | The Electric Car in America, 1890-1922 PDF eBook |
Author | Kerry Segrave |
Publisher | McFarland |
Pages | 264 |
Release | 2019-03-28 |
Genre | Transportation |
ISBN | 1476676712 |
The electric vehicle seemed poised in 1900 to be a leader in automotive production. Clean, odorless, noiseless and mechanically simple, electrics rarely broke down and were easy to operate. An electric car could be started instantly from the driver's seat; no other machine could claim that advantage. But then it all went wrong. As this history details, the hope and confidence of 1900 collapsed and just two decades later electric cars were effectively dead. They had remained expensive even as gasoline cars saw dramatic price reductions, and the storage battery was an endless source of problems. An increasingly frantic public relations campaign of lies and deceptive advertising could not turn the tide.
Taming the Automobile
Title | Taming the Automobile PDF eBook |
Author | Kerry Segrave |
Publisher | McFarland |
Pages | 222 |
Release | 2024-06-07 |
Genre | Transportation |
ISBN | 1476652198 |
The first decade of the auto industry in America featured politicians and bureaucrats at all political levels trying to come to terms with a new form of locomotion. Rules and regulations had to be drafted, implemented, and then enforced. Working against them was a small but wealthy and powerful group that fought against regulations, tried to weaken those they could not block, or sought to write the rules themselves. This book details how the auto industry was imposed on society from the top down, unlike many new innovations that go through society from the bottom up.
Horseless Age
Title | Horseless Age PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 418 |
Release | 1895 |
Genre | Automobile industry and trade |
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Industrial Arts Index
Title | Industrial Arts Index PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 582 |
Release | 1917 |
Genre | Business |
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