gasoline driven auto

[Airehead]

Today we celebrate the gasoline engine in cars----On June 11, 1865, Charles E. Duryea receives the first U.S. patent granted to an American inventor for a gasoline-driven automobile.  

On November 28, 1895 ,  a Duryea vehicle, driven by his brother Frank won the first American car race.  The race went from Chicago to Evanston and back.

 In 1896, the Duryea Brothers produced 13 cars by hand — and thus Duryea became the first-ever commercially produced vehicle.

[maddmaxx ★]

An interesting history.  It points out the confusion involved in who did what when.  Duryea probably produced the first production gasoline car while Benz had the first patent and prototype operating vehicle.

https://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteries/auto.html

[TrentonMakes]

A couple weeks ago we drove through Reading, PA and we visited the "Pagoda" overlooking the city.  Pretty impressive.  The road leading to it is called "Duryea Drive" and this plaque is installed near the base of the pagoda.  It looks like to climb Mount Penn involves about 800 vertical feet.

 

[MickinMD ★]

2 hours ago, Airehead said:

The race went from Chicago to Evanston and back.

Once I went from Chicago to Evanston and back - and it was a thrill.

One day when I was going to IIT in the 1970's, the TV News was all excited that the Northern Lights were going to be visible that evening. I had never seen them and the city lights were too bright, so I drove north from the South Side of Chicago, reaching Evanston, then driving a little further.  I had thought they were fairly stationary so I was thrilled when I saws them swirling close to the horizon after I cleared the well lighted areas.

[late]

This depends entirely on definitions. Mechanically powered vehicles had been around for while.

How long?

Again, definitions.

Over a thousand years ago, some religion built a powered vehicle for some big event each year. It took them better part of the year to get the thing so it could move on its own for a couple hundred yards. But move it did.

 

[maddmaxx ★]

6 hours ago, late said:

This depends entirely on definitions. Mechanically powered vehicles had been around for while.

How long?

Again, definitions.

Over a thousand years ago, some religion built a powered vehicle for some big event each year. It took them better part of the year to get the thing so it could move on its own for a couple hundred yards. But move it did.

 

Gasoline powered.

[late]

9 hours ago, maddmaxx said:

Gasoline powered.

 That's one way to look at it.

As I pointed out, there are other ways, ways that better show the rich pageantry, and diversity, of history.

[Ralphie ★]

Duryea, duryea for the gasoline powered automobile!

[Kzoo]

1 hour ago, late said:

 That's one way to look at it.

As I pointed out, there are other ways, ways that better show the rich pageantry, and diversity, of history.

And what part of "gasoline" powered don't you understand?

[maddmaxx ★]

2 hours ago, late said:

 That's one way to look at it.

As I pointed out, there are other ways, ways that better show the rich pageantry, and diversity, of history.

Read the thread title.

[Airehead]

It was a complicated time with lots of people inventing similar products---and they did not have the internet to share

[late]

2 hours ago, Kzoo said:

And what part of "gasoline" powered don't you understand?

The part that says that's enough.

That humans built a steam powered vehicle a couple thousand years ago in Alexandria is incredible. That we had powered vehicles generations before gasoline vehicles is interesting.

Oh wait, this isn't about history, is it?