This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
History of the motor car advances and early experiments
A broad survey traces the rise of the motor car from 17th century spring driven carriages to late 19th century gasoline engines, noting pioneers like Cugnot, Daimler, and Benz, early steam road locomotion, and the rapid spread of factories in France Germany England and the United States. It covers road conditions, rubber sourcing, and the social stir around car colors and fashion, plus notes on tire inflation practices and a name change for a Chicago auto station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Roger Bacon
Johann Haustad
Nuremberg
England
Jean Theson
Louis XV
France
Pekin
China
Father Werbiest
Sir Isaac Newton
Nicholas Cugnot
James Watt
Oliver Evans
Maryland
Nathaniel Reed
Pecousic
Mass
Evans
Reed
Richard Trevithick
Sir Idsworthy Gurney
Gurney
Cheltenham
Gloucester
Walter Hancock
Paddington
Stratford
Amedee Bollee
Mans
la Nouvelie
Carl-Benz
Gottlieb Daimler
Germany
Daimler
Messrs. Panhard
Levasger
Paris