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Automobile News From The Motor World Of 1913
A survey of early car mishaps and innovations. Louis Polo of Manchester botched an oiling with varnish causing his car to stall near Hartford. An organ grinder and monkey incident ends with the man injured. Dexameter tests in Indianapolis show fuel efficiency gains. Ford plant traffic over years. Count von Bonscham of Vienna works briefly at Ford. Pneumatic tires debated. Moon Motor Co president argues spring wheels won’t solve road irregularities. Red hickory informs spokes value. Europe’s standing army idea applied to American industrial labor. Largest French hide arrives for Moon cars. common mignonette notes for porch flies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Polo
Manchester
Polo
Plainville
Hartford
Hast
Norwalk
Jon A. Doxey
Indianapolis
Nusbaum
W. R. Stephens
Montana
Minneapolis
Ford Motor Co
Ford Motor Company
Ford Company
Hotel Pontchartrain
Detroit
Count Paul von Bonscham
Vienna
Austria
United States Patent Office
Moon
Europe
America
Christendom