Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date December 2009 The America was a Spain Spanish automobile manufactured in Barcelona from 1917 to 1922. The Inline four engine four cylinder valveless model, the Tipo A , had a primitive synchromesh gearbox and worm final drive . The firm s main product was the 1097cc Tipo B the Tipo C was an ohv racing model. DEFAULTSORT AmericaAutomobile Category Vintage vehicles Category Motor vehicle manufacturers of Spain Vintage auto stub de Am rica Autos ... more details
The America was built by the Motor Car Co. of United States America , New York City , New York in 1911. It was available in five models, all with an L head Flat four engine 4 cylinder engine giving off convert 40 hp abbr on . The torpedo, capable of holding two passengers, had a long, low silhouette and a rounded aft section. Unusually, these cars had an auxiliary Convert 1.5 usgal L impgal 1 abbr on fuel tank . It is claimed that this company was later associated with McIntyre Automobile . References G.Marshall Naul, America i , in G.N. Georgano, ed., The Complete Encyclopedia of Motorcars 1885 1968 New York E.P. Dutton and Co., 1974 , pp. 41. Category 1910s automobiles Category Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of the United States Brass auto stub ... more details
Other uses Spirit of America disambiguation Spirit of America Image SpiritOfAmerica CraigBreedlove.jpg 300px thumb Spirit of America on exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago Spirit of America is the trademarked name used by Craig Breedlove for his land speed record setting vehicles. The first Spirit of America The Spirit of America was the first of the modern record breaking jet propelled car s, built with a narrow stream lined fuselage, three wheel chassis, and most significantly jet engine turbojet engine . Like most of the other competing vehicles the engine was ex military, the first Spirit had a General Electric J47 engine from an F 86 Sabre and was tested at Bonneville Salt Flats in 1962, where difficult handling resulted in failure. Before trying again a new stabilizer was added and a steerable front wheel. Breedlove set his first record on September 5, 1963 at Bonneville ... it as an average over both runs. ref At the time of Spirit of America s construction the F d ration Internationale de l Automobile FIA rules for a land speed record required a four wheel chassis ... in Chicago as an exhibit. Spirit of America Sonic 1 A new Spirit was built over 1964 65 to attempt to beat Arfons, dubbed Spirit of America Sonic I a four wheel design with a much higher rated General ... of America Formula Shell LSRV After a lengthy break from world records Breedlove began work on a new Spirit in 1992, eventually named the Spirit of America Formula Shell LSRV . The vehicle is 44 ... km h , but has yet to demonstrate this. Breedlove sold the Spirit of America Formula Shell LSRV to Steve ... stevefossett.com ref The Spirit of America Sonic Arrow, as it was rechristened by Fossett ... Challenger Bot generated title ref Cultural references The Beach Boys song Spirit of America is about Breedlove and his cars. References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Spirit Of America Category Jet land speed record cars ja fi Spirit of America ... more details
Summary Information Description America s first gasoline automobile, 1891 Source Smithsonian Institute Date August 1891 Author Walter Lewis photographer Permission public domain age other versions none Licensing PD US Orphan image ... more details
to reach the North Pole, and a 1910 attempt to cross the Atlantic America Spanish automobile , an automobile produced in Barcelona, Spain America American automobileAmerica , the callsign of the Apollo ...pp semi indef pp move indef Wiktionarypar America Am rica America usually refers to either The Americas , a landmass comprising North America and South America The United States , a country in North AmericaAmerica may also refer to TOCright Other locations Am rica, Buenos Aires Province , Argentina America, Netherlands Am rica, Tamaulipas , Mexico America, Illinois , U.S. America, Oklahoma , U.S. Amerrique Mountains , Nicaragua Astronomy 916 America , a minor planet Film and television America 1924 film America 1924 film , a film by D. W. Griffith America 2009 film America 2009 film , an American made for television film America 2011 film America 2011 film , a 2011 Puerto Rican film America ... America US TV series America US TV series , a syndicated afternoon talk show Amreeka , a 2009 film Amreeka the Arabic pronunciation for AmericaAmerica, America , an American film by Elia Kazan America A Personal History of the United States , a 13 part BBC television documentary series America The Story ... Literature America novel America novel , a young adult novel by E. R. Frank America Judge Dredd story America Judge Dredd story , a story by John Wagner America poem America poem , a poem by Allen Ginsberg America The Book , a book written by the staff of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart America short story America short story , by Orson Scott Card America , a Jake Grafton novel by Stephen Coonts Jake Grafton Series Stephen Coonts America , a poem by Walt Whitman from Leaves of Grass Music America band , an English American rock band America Records , a French jazz record label Albums AmericaAmerica album AmericaAmerica album America Havalina album America Havalina album America John Fahey album America John Fahey album America Kurtis Blow album America Kurtis Blow album America Modern Talking ... more details
In America may refer to In America film In America film , a 2002 American Irish film by Jim Sheridan In America album In America album , an album by Kenny G In America novel In America novel , a novel by Susan Sontag In America Charlie Daniels song In America Charlie Daniels song In America , a song by Creed from My Own Prison ...In America , an irregular documentary series on CNN hosted by Soledad O Brien disambig it In America ... more details
Series, Conner opted to use the third syndicate that year, Young America , to defend the cup, losing to Team New Zealand, 5 0. Current status File America .jpg thumb 200px left none alt America sup ... Category America s Cup sailing teams Category International America s Cup Class Category 1992 ships Category America s Cup defenders it America ... more details
unreferenced date November 2009 Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name This Is America Type Studio album Artist Kim Weston Cover Kim Weston This Is America 1968 .png Released 1968 Genre Pop music Pop Label MGM Records MGM Producer William Mickey Stevenson Last album For the First Time Kim Weston album For the First Time br 1967 This album This Is America br 1968 Next album Big Brass Four Poster br 1970 This Is America is the third studio album and second solo album by Kim Weston . The entire album contains the theme of patriotism. Track listing Side 1 This Is America When Johnny Comes Marching Home If I Ruled the World The Impossible Dream The Quest Born Free Somewhere Side 2 The Exodus Song People Touch the Earth Lift Ev ry Voice and Sing The House I Live In This Is My Country Category 1968 albums Category Kim Weston albums Category Albums produced by William Mickey Stevenson Category albums arranged by Marty Paich Category MGM Records albums Category English language albums ... more details
Infobox single See Wikipedia WikiProject Songs Name This Is Not America Cover Bowie ThisIsNotAmerica.jpg Caption Artist Pat Metheny Group and David Bowie from Album The Falcon and the Snowman album The Falcon and the Snowman A side B side This Is Not America Instrumental Released February 1985 Format Single music 7 single Recorded Late 1984 Genre Electronic music Electronic Length 3 43 Label EMI br small EA190 small Writer Producer David Bowie , Pat Metheny Chronology David Bowie singles Last single Tonight Iggy Pop song Tonight br 1984 This single This Is Not America br 1985 Next single Loving the Alien br 1985 Misc This Is Not America is a song from the soundtrack for the film The Falcon and the Snowman . ref name Parsons Parsons, Tony 1985 Singles , NME , 2 February 1985, p. 14 ref The track is the result of a collaboration between the jazz fusion Pat Metheny Group and rock singer David Bowie who provided the lyrics and vocals. It was released as a single which reached 14 in the UK, and 32 in the US. Track listing 7 EMI America EA 190 UK This Is Not America small Bowie, Pat Metheny Metheny , Lyle Mays Mays small 3 43 This Is Not America Instrumental small Bowie, Pat Metheny Metheny , Lyle Mays Mays small 3 43 Personnel Pat Metheny Group Pat Metheny electric guitar Lyle Mays keyboards Steve Rodby electric bass guitar Paul Wertico drums David Bowie Singer vocals and lyrics Live versions An instrumental version of the song performed by Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays appears on the Falcon and the Snowman soundtrack as the song Chris. This version differs from the Bowie instrumental version that was the song s B side. The Bowie version is based on his recording of the song, while ... on the compilation Best of Bowie . Bowie performs a variation of This Is Not America on the P ... version of This Is Not America performed by the Ahn Trio cello, piano and violin featured ... This is not America nn This Is Not America ... more details
cleanup linkrot date August 2011 Infobox album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name It s America Type studio Artist Rodney Atkins Cover It s America.jpg Released March 31, 2009 Recorded Genre Country music Country Length Label Curb Records Curb Producer Ted Hewitt Last album If You re Going Through Hell br 2006 This album It s America br 2009 Next album Take a Back Road br 2011 Misc Singles Name It s America Type studio Single 1 It s America song It s America Single 1 date November 24, 2008 Single 2 15 Minutes Rodney Atkins song 15 Minutes Single 2 date May 26, 2009 Single 3 Chasin Girls Single 3 date October 26, 2009 Single 4 Farmer s Daughter Rodney Atkins song Farmer s Daughter Single 4 date March 29, 2010 It s America is the third studio album by American country music singer Rodney Atkins . It was released on March 31, 2009 see 2009 in country music on Curb Records . The album s first single, its It s America song title track , was released on November 24, 2008 and has become Atkins fifth Number One hit on the Billboard magazine Billboard country singles charts. It was followed by 15 Minutes a Top 20 hit and Chasin Girls. The album was re issued in mid 2010 with a new single, Farmer s Daughter Rodney Atkins song Farmer s Daughter . The album debuted at No. 15 on Billboard s album chart selling 34,877 copies. As of August 2010, the album has sold 129,820 copies in the US. ref ... , Rivers Rutherford length7 3 18 title8 It s America song It s America writer8 Brett James , Angelo ... url http www.roughstock.com reviews rodney atkins it s america title It s America review last Jungers ... name allmusic cite web url Allmusic class album id r1498639 pure url yes title It s America review ... out of five. ref name the9513 cite web url http www.the9513.com album review rodney atkins its america title It s America review last Greenberg first Pierce date 2009 03 31 work The 9513 accessdate ... Hot 100 US 2008 align left It s America 1 44 rowspan 2 2009 align left 15 Minutes 20 115 align left ... more details
for the Kannada film AmericaAmerica 1995 film Infobox film name America, America image America, America poster.jpg caption Film poster director Elia Kazan producer Elia Kazan writer Elia Kazan starring Stathis Giallelis br Frank Wolff actor Frank Wolff br Elena Karam music Manos Hadjidakis cinematography Haskell Wexler editing Dede Allen distributor Warner Bros. released December 15, 1963 runtime 174 min. country United States language English language English budget America, America UK British title The Anatolian Smile is a 1963 United States American dramatic film directed, produced and written by Elia Kazan , from his own book. Plot In this tale, loosely based upon the life of Kazan s uncle ... his own dream is to reach the faraway land of opportunity, America. His odyssey begins with a long voyage ... to immigrate to America, using the dowry money to pay for his passage. She then entreats him to take ... during his original voyage to Istanbul. Hohannes informs him that he is being sponsored to America ..., allowing him to enter America in Hohannes place. With the climactic image of the Statue of Liberty ... . ref name NY Times cite web url http movies.nytimes.com movie 83620 AmericaAmerica awards title NY Times America, America accessdate 2008 12 25 work NY Times ref The film was nominated for three ... Written Directly for the Screen Elia Kazan In 2001, America, America as selected for preservation ..., or aesthetically significant . Technical details, premiere dates and DVD release America, America was filmed in 1.66 1 aspect ratio on 35 millimeter film and had its New York City New York .... References reflist External links Imdb title id 0056825 title America, America Allmovie title id 83620 title America, America Elia Kazan Films Category 1963 films Category American films Category ... fr America, America it Il ribelle dell Anatolia nl America, America pl Ameryka, Ameryka pt America, America ru , ... more details
Notability date March 2009 Refimprove date March 2009 America, Their America 1964 is a personal journal and travelogue by Nigeria n writer John Pepper Clark J. P. Clark . It was written after Clark spent eight months in the United States studying at Princeton University on a fellowship from which he was terminated . The book created controversy because of its attacks on American life styles and values. Today the book is sometimes taught in college courses about West Africa n literature and is cited in discussions about African perspectives on the United States. J.P Clark profoundly captures the social and political atmosphere in America in this critique that is powerfully woven into an excellent literary work. Category American non fiction books ... more details
Image Excalibur.JPG thumb An Excalibur automobile Excalibur automobile, an early example of a neoclassic For the artistic movement, see Neoclassicism , and for the music style, see Neoclassicism music A neoclassic , in automobile circles, is a car that is made somewhat in the image of the classic car s of the 1920s and 1930s as defined by, for example, the Classic Car Club of America without being necessarily intended as a full replica. The term originated with the Excalibur automobile Excalibur of the 1960s in the United States , and has been applied to a number of makes i.e. Panther Westwinds Panther , Zimmer automobile Zimmer , Cl net Coachworks Cl net , Thoroughbred Motors , etc. since. Unreferenced date July 2007 See also Replica Replicar Car model Category Car classifications it Veicoli replica ... more details
File 1902 Lambert Union car.png thumb right 1902 Lambert Union automobile The Union automobile was based ... of his 1891 three wheeled version. The automobile was made by the Union Automobile Company from 1902 ... Georgano, p. 853 ref Description The Union automobile had an eight horsepower two cylinder, four ..., ref name The Union Automobile 1902, p 70 The Union Automobile. Cycle and Automobile Trade Journal, June 1902, p 70. ref which enabled it to be converted into a four passenger automobile. ref name The Horseless Age701 The Horseless Age, p. 701 ref The Union automobile had an experimental model ... rear engine automobile, as designed by Lambert, was in full production in 1902. The motor for the automobile ... placed crosswise in extreme rear of car. ref name Georgano853 The Union automobile had a gasoline tank that was built in the back of the seat hidden from sight. It has a capacity sufficient to run the automobile ... was supplied by dry batteries for starting. A generator was used in normal operation. The automobile ... with enameled sheet steel mud guards. ref name The Horseless Age701 The Union automobile had ... of speed for the Union automobile. ref name The Horseless Age701 The transmission was enclosed in a dustproof ... speed was convert 20 mi h km h . ref name The Union Automobile 1902, p 70 Footnotes reflist See also Lambert automobile Lambert automobile John William Lambert Buckeye gasoline buggy Union Automobile Company Lambert Automobile Company Lambert Gas and Gasoline Engine Company Lambert friction gearing ..., Hugh, Automobile Trade Journal , article The Lambert, 1906 Line of Automobiles , Chilton Company ... Publishing Company, 1914 The Horseless Age The Automobile Trade Magazine , The Horseless Age Company, 1902 Secondary sources Bailey, L. Scott, Historic Discovery 1891 Lambert, New Claim for America s First Car , Antique Automobile magazine, Vol. 24, No. 5, Oct&ndash Nov 1960 David Burgess Wise ... Encyclopedia of the Automobile , Taylor & Francis, 2000, ISBN 1 5795829 3 1 Huffman, Wallace Spencer ... more details
Automobile Association may refer to Australian Automobile Association in Australia. Automobile Association of South Africa Canadian Automobile Association in Canada. Dominion Automobile Association in Canada. ADAC Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil Club ADAC in Germany. Western India Automobile Association WIAA in India. The Automobile Association in the United Kingdom The Automobile Association Ireland in Ireland. New Zealand Automobile Association in New Zealand. RACE automobile association Real Autom vil Club de Espa a RACE in Spain. American Automobile Association in the United States. United Services Automobile Association in the United States. F d ration Internationale de l Automobile , governing body for motor racing. disambig fr Automobile Club ... more details
File Argo automobile, Natural History Museum Washington, D.C..jpg thumb An Argo parked in front of the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. circa 1915 The Argo was a short lived United States automobile manufactured by the Argo Motor Co in Jackson, Michigan , between 1914 and 1918. The factory had been previously used by the Standard Electric Car Co to build an electric car. ref name Beaulieu cite book last Georgano first N. title Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile year 2000 publisher HMSO location London isbn 1 57958 293 1 ref The company originally made the four cylinder Motorvique cyclecar based on the Ajax 1913 automobile Ajax built by the Briscoe brothers in France. It had a 4 cylinder 12 hp engine and was different from the French market Ajax only in that it did not use friction drive. ref name Beaulieu Few cyclecars sold well in America, and in 1916, it was replaced by a conventional 22 hp assembled touring car in an attempt to rival Ford Motor Company Ford at producing a motor car for the millions . The 1916 model sold for 405 in two seater form. In 1917 the company was sold to Mansell Hackett and the name was changed to Hackett automobile Hackett and moved its operations to Grand Rapids, Michigan . ref name Beaulieu The company had no known connection with the Saginaw, Michigan, based Argo Electric vehicle company. See also Argo Electric References reflist JacksonCars DEFAULTSORT Argo Automobile Category Vintage vehicles Category Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of the United States Category Cyclecars Category Motor vehicle manufacturers based in Michigan Category Defunct companies based in Michigan brass auto stub Vintage auto stub ... more details
Infobox company company name Paige company logo File Paige auto 1912 logo.jpg 200px company type Automobile Manufacturing industry Automotive industry Automotive founder fate Acquired by The Graham Brothers in 1927 successor Graham Paige Motors Corporation foundation 1908 defunct 1927 location Detroit, Michigan Paige was a Detroit , United States based automobile company, selling luxury cars between 1908 and 1927. History Image Paige detroit 1911 1022.jpg thumb left 1911 Paige Detroit Roadster Syracuse Herald, October 22, 1911 The first car in 1908 was called a Paige Detroit and was a two seat model powered by a 2.2 liter three cylinder, two stroke engine. In 1910 Four stroke cycle four stroke , four cylinder models took over and in 1911 the name was changed to Paige. A six cylinder model was added to the range in 1914. Four cylinder models were dropped in 1916 leaving a choice of 3.7 or 4.9 liter sixes. A straight eight engine was added to the sixes in 1927. Probably the most famous Paige was the 1922 to 1926 Daytona, a sporting 3 seat roadster with a 6 liter engine. The third seat pulled out from the side of the car over the near side running board . Paige advertised it as being The most beautiful car in America . Paige also made a cheaper range of cars between 1923 and 1926 and sold as Jewett automobile Jewett s named after H M Jewett the company president. For 1927, this car was sold as a junior Paige. Company sold The Graham Brothers bought the company on June 10, 1927. Joseph .... The corporate name soon changed to Graham Paige Motors Corporation. The market agreed, and automobile ... name changed to just Graham . ref The Graham Brothers and Their Car by Jeffery I. Godshall Automobile Quarterly Volume 13 No.1 ref Advertisements Image Paige automobile ad ca1916.jpg thumb Upright Paige advertising, circa 1916. See also List of defunct United States automobile manufacturers commonscat ... DEFAULTSORT Paige Automobile Category Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of the United States Category ... more details
TOCright The Lambert automobile and Lambert truck were built by the Lambert Automobile Company as an United ... car 1907.jpg thumb left 300px center 1907 Lambert automobile The Lambert automobile motor in the early ..., then to the front, and back again to the rear of the automobile. The early motors were built ... end employed a three point suspension to save driving power by decreasing the lift required of the automobile body because of road surface variations. It saved wear and tear on the automobile body and its ... drive was provided on some models, however most Lambert automobile models were with a chain drive to the rear axle . ref name Kimes835 The Lambert automobile chassis with the Lambert friction gearing .... ref name ATJ226a Lambert came in second in an automobile race conducted in July 1905 from Chicago to St ... powered automobile to finish. The success of Lambert s convert 16 hp automobile against others ... model 4 The 1906 Lambert model 4 came with a detachable tonneau . It was a 5 passenger automobile ... 5 came with a detachable tonneau . It was a 5 passenger automobile. The wheelbase was convert 94 ... automobile. It was a 5 passenger automobile. The wheelbase was convert 94 in mm , gauge convert 56 ... model 8 The 1906 Lambert model 8 was a side entrance touring automobile. It was a 5 passenger automobile. The wheelbase was convert 98 in mm , gauge convert 56 in mm . The wheels were convert 34 ... . It was a 2 passenger automobile. The wheels were convert 30 in mm in diameter by convert 3.5 ... automobile. This was the smallest, lightest and lowest priced 1906 model. ref name ATJ226 1907 Model ... F was a side entrance touring automobile. It was a 5 passenger automobile. The wheelbase was convert ... of convert 95 in mm , gauge convert 56 in mm . It was a 2 passenger automobile. The wheels were convert ... model 30 The 1909 Lambert model 30 automobile came with a detachable tonneau . It was a 5 passenger automobile. The wheelbase was convert 110 in mm , gauge convert 56 in mm . The wheels were convert ... more details
A Buggy is an automobile with wheels that project beyond the vehicle body. See also Dune buggy Swamp buggy Moon buggy Rock buggy Buggy body early automobile body style Category Car body styles automobile stub ... more details
The Sun automobile was made in Elkhart, Indiana from 1916 to 1917, and in Toledo, Ohio from 1921 to 1922. The Sun Motor Car Company was originally created in Buffalo, New York , but moved to Elkhart before production began. Their slogan was The Sun Outshines Them All . Roscoe C. Hoffman designed a lightweight six cylinder car, manufactured from 1916 to 1917. There were four body styles offered on the 116 inch 2946 mm wheelbase sedan car sedan , roadster , 5 person touring car touring and 7 person touring. It made 23 horsepower though the company dubiously claimed 50. The car had shaft drive and a three speed sliding gear Transmission mechanics transmission , and was priced in the 1000 range. Sun Motor Cars ordered 3,500 engines under contract from the Beaver Manufacturing Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin , but since a little over 1,100 cars were made in the two years, the company was in receivership by September 1917. The company s assets were purchased by the Automotive Corporation of Toledo, Ohio. The Sun automobile of Toledo was a small two seat roadster, with power coming from a Convert 12 hp kW 0 abbr on four cylinder engine, produced in 1921 and 1922 only. It featured a 91 inch 2311 mm wheelbase, disc wheels, and a claimed convert 50 mpgus and convert 50 mph km h 0 abbr on . The Automotive Corporation had built tractors in Toledo since shortly before the end of World War I . After taking over Sun Motor Car Company, Automotive Corporation provided parts and service to Sun owners, as well as gained useful experience in automobile manufacturing. Their new car of 1921 shared nothing with the old Sun except the logo. Even the slogan was new America s Greatest Little Car . Not only were the engines smaller, so was the wheelbase and price 375 in 1921 and 475 in 1922. A new lineup with bigger engines, longer wheelbases, and higher prices were announced but never ... Cars 1805 1942, Krause Publications, 1996, ISBN 0 87341 428 4 DEFAULTSORT Sun Automobile Category ... more details
Co., 1913 , 876. ref For a time, Maxwell was considered one of the three top automobile firms in America though the phrase the Big Three automobile manufacturers Big Three was not used along with Buick ...Infobox company company name Maxwell Motor Company company logo File Maxwell logo.gif company type Automobile Manufacturing industry Automotive industry Automotive founder Jonathan Dixon Maxwell br & Briscoe Brothers Metalworks fate Acquired by Walter Chrysler successor Chrysler foundation 1904 defunct 1925 location Tarrytown , New York The Maxwell was a brand of automobile s manufactured in the United States United States of America from about 1904 to 1925. The present day successor to the Maxwell company is Chrysler Chrysler Group . ref Darke, Paul. Chrysler The Baby of the Big Three , in Northey, Tom, ed. World of Automobiles London Orbis, 1974 , Vol. 4, p.366. ref History File TrumanBennyMaxwell.jpg left thumb Comedian Jack Benny The Maxwell Jack Benny shown here shaking hands with Harry S. Truman from the seat of a c. 1908 Maxwell Roadster kept the Maxwell familiar in U.S. popular culture for half a century after the brand went out of business. The brand name of motor cars was started as the Maxwell Briscoe Company of Tarrytown, New York . The company was named after founders Jonathan ... Briscoe , an automobile industry pioneer, was president of the company at its height. Maxwell ..., NY factory, Maxwell Briscoe constructed what was then the largest automobile factory in the world in New ..., p.61. ref the US 500 Western Tool Works automobile company Western Gale Model A, ref Clymer, p.51 ... Clymer, p.32. ref and the bargain basement Success Automobile Manufacturing Company Success an amazingly ... of merging, awkwardly at best, with the ailing Chalmers automobile Chalmers Automobile ... Plymouth automobile Plymouth . See also List of defunct United States automobile manufacturers ... Chrysler history including Maxwell DEFAULTSORT Maxwell Automobile Category Chrysler Category Motor ... more details
File KING automobile.jpg thumb King blue automobile with temperature gauge for the radiator File KING blue automobile.jpg thumb King automobile, circa 1915 The King was an automobile built in Detroit from 1911 to 1923, and in Buffalo in late 1923, with an additional car built in Detroit in 1896. Charles Brady King built his first car in Detroit in 1896. The original plan was to enter it in the November 1895 Chicago Times Herald auto race, but it was completed too late for that. King did finish it on March 6, 1896, and it became the first gasoline automobile to be successfully driven on the streets of Detroit. ref Kimes, Beverly Rae. Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805 1942 Iola, WI Krause, 1996 , p.807. ref Henry Ford reportedly followed behind on a bicycle the maiden voyage of the King. The situation in 1896 Detroit was not nearly as pro automobile as it would be a decade later. Discouraged, King dismantled his car and sold the chassis to Byron Carter of future Cartercar fame. ref Georgano, Nick. The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile Chicago Fitzroy Dearborn, 2000 , p.824. ref King worked for various other car companies before creating 4 cylinder another car in 1910 and establishing the King Motor Car Company in February of the following year. The new King car incorporated a number of advanced features, such as an engine cast en bloc, cantilever springs, left hand drive, and a centrally located gearshift. ref name Kimes, p.807 Kimes, p.807. ref Possibly its most advanced feature was its lubrication system in which the flywheel served as a form of oil pump internal combustion engine oil pump . ref Georgano, p.824. ref The first factory was rented and located at 1559 ..., Australia, South America, South Africa, and Russia. ref name Kimes, p.807 Kimes, p.807. ref Early .... Notes reflist References Georgano, Nick Ed. . The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Chicago ... King Automobile Category Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of the United States Category Motor ... more details
across North America, Australia, Europe and Asia ref File Petrol use urban density.svg Cities and Automobile ...File Harbor Fwy Traffic.jpg thumb 300px Traffic in Los Angeles Automobile dependency is a term coined by Professors Peter Newman Australian Peter Newman and Jeff Kenworthy to capture the predicament of most cities in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and to a lesser extent, large cities in Europe. Automobile dependency implies that cities where automobile s are the predominant transport deny their residents not only freedom of choice about the way they live and move around the city but also that the culture of automobile use has produced a kind of addiction to them. The analogy is made with addictions to harmful substances and activities because of the well known law of diminishing ... to remain normal , a state of dependency. When it comes to automobile use, there is a spiralling ... forms of street based public transit such as streetcars trams . These measures make automobile ... to live functional lives without the use of the car are greatly reduced. Such cities are automobile dependent. Automobile dependency is seen primarily as an issue of environmental sustainability due ... communities , the private automobile produces physical separation between people and reduces the opportunities ... automobile dependency, known variously as New Urbanism , Transit oriented development , and Smart ..., roadspace management and more sustainable fuel sources. Automobile dependency, urban sprawl and smart growth Whether the smart growth does or can reduce problems of automobile dependency associated ... in Asia , have lower car use than sprawling cities, particularly in North America , has been ... on automobile use Melia et al 2011 ref http eprints.uwe.ac.uk 10555 2 melia barton parkhurst The Paradox ... Breisgau in Germany is one example of a city which has been more successful in reducing automobile ... Automobile dependency Category Urban studies and planning Category Urban design Category Sustainable ... more details
Infobox Automobile name Bliss image File Bliss auto 1906 logo.jpg 200px manufacturer E. W. Bliss Company production 1906 1906 engine class Touring car assembly Brooklyn, New York body style layout The E. W. Bliss Company of Brooklyn, New York , was manufacturer of the Bliss automobile. The company was founded in 1867 and diversified into automobile manufacturing for a short stint in 1906. ref name bliss vehicles cite web url http www.american automobiles.com B Manufacturers.html title American Automobiles Manufacturers accessdate August 28, 2011 work publisher Farber and Associates, LLC 2011 ref History Eliphalet Williams Bliss of Brooklyn, New York Brooklyn , founded the E. W. Bliss Company in 1867. The company was diversified in many areas including the manufacture of shells and projectiles as well as tools, dies and presses for use in sheet metal work. Over the years, Bliss took out patents for specialty machines for manufacturing and soldering metal cans and for shaping and casting sheet metal. Today the company is still in business in the manufacture of metal forming type industrial machinery and equipment machine tools. ref name ewbliss cite web url http www.mychurchgrowth.com blog 2011 06 1006 title E. W. Bliss Company accessdate August 28, 2011 work publisher ChurchGrowth, 2011 ref In 1904, Motor Age Magazine published a story about how The E.W. Bliss Company has taken up the manufacture of automobiles. Experiments with prototypes had been so successful that plans were made for the installation of a plant which will permit extensive operations along these lines. ref name ewbliss Bliss was one of the 204 exhibitors for display on the main floor of the Automobile Club of America sixth annual car show in New York City that took place from January 13th through January 20th, 1906. ref name ewbliss Eliphalet Bliss died in 1902, so he did not live to see the cars that would ... and Telegraph Codes Brooklyn Public Library, 2011 DEFAULTSORT Bliss Automobile Category Veteran ... more details
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