The wonders of modern mechanismA résumé of recent progress in mechanical, physical, and engineering science . hin afew feet, and another button serves to put the carriage atits utmost speed, as for racing. The total weight of thevehicle is six hundred pounds, about that of an ordinarypleasure carriage of the same capacity. Another horseless vehicle is the invention of a , of Des Moines, Iowa. He uses a storage- 12* 140 WONDERS OF MODERN MECHANISM. battx^ry, and claiins a speed of fouitccii miles an hour anda capacity of rnnnin<5 one hundred and eij^hty-two milesbefore recharging
The wonders of modern mechanismA résumé of recent progress in mechanical, physical, and engineering science . hin afew feet, and another button serves to put the carriage atits utmost speed, as for racing. The total weight of thevehicle is six hundred pounds, about that of an ordinarypleasure carriage of the same capacity. Another horseless vehicle is the invention of a , of Des Moines, Iowa. He uses a storage- 12* 140 WONDERS OF MODERN MECHANISM. battx^ry, and claiins a speed of fouitccii miles an hour anda capacity of rnnnin<5 one hundred and eij^hty-two milesbefore recharging the battery. Dr. H. C. Barker and J. R. Elbing, of Kansas City,Missouri, have constructed a carriage, using au electricmotor designtKl by W. H. Blood, Jr., of the same use a chloride accnnndator of twenty-five cells, whichcan be stored with electricity at any electric-light or |)owerstation. A. Schilling & Sons, of Santa Maria, California, haverecently built a tricycle for three persons, operated by atwo-horse gasoline engine, and carrying a twelve hourssupply of gasoline as fuel. Fig. HITCHCOCK The Hitchcock Manufiacturing Company, of Cortland,New York, have placed a quadricyle and a bicycle on themarket, both of which are operated by miniature motors. HORSELESS VEHICLES. 141 The form of the quadricycle is well shown in the illustra-tion. It has t\venty-t\v0-inch front wheels and twenty-inch rear wheels. Notwithstanding the fact that the motordevelops five horse-power, the whole machine weighs onlya hundred and fifty pounds, and makes very little seat is made wide enough for two persons, and thesteering is accomplished by simply moving the steering-bar to right or left. The pneumatic tires are the thickestthat have been seen on this side of the Atlantic, thoughvehicles are built in London with even larger diametertire than these. The four-inch tires are said to makeriding easy on the roughest roads. When the weight is onthey cover abo
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