Cugnot, Nicholas Joseph, inventor of first automobile, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 57, 77, 78 Cunningham, Jas. Son & Co., 96, 222 Daimler, Gottlieb, inventor of hot tube ignition, 69, 70, 77 Decrease in average price of automobiles, 28, 100, 175 De Dion, French maker of gasoline cars, 72, 78 Depreciation in automobile stocks, 201, 202 Detroit Automobile Co., 93 Difficulty in getting capital, 142 Distribution of leading motor cars by states, 213 Doble, builder of steam cars, 118, 223 Dodge Brothers, 96, 194, 223 Dorris Motor Car Co., 95, 223 Dort Motor Car Co., 96, 223 Drexel Motor Car Corporation, 96, 223 Duryea, Charles E., builder of first gasoline automobile in America that ran (frontispiece), 72, 74, 76, 92, 93 Economy of factory operation, 43, 130, 131, 132 Edmunds & Jones Corporation, 197 Electric automobiles; when first sold in commercial quantities in the United States, 78 Electric Vehicle Co., 182, 188 Electric Vehicle Co. of New Jersey, 69, 114 Elgin Motor Car Co., 96, 223 Emerson Motors Co., 181, 187, 201, 223 Enger Motor Car Co., 182, 188, 223 Enthusiasm part in industry’s success, 92 Essex Motor Co., 183, 189 Evans, Oliver, first known American experimenter with steam automobile, 57, 58, 59, 60, 72 Falls Motor Co., 181, 187 Federal Motor Truck Co., 194, 234 Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., 193, 199 First automobile ever made, 50, 51, 52, 53 First auto race in America, 73 First auto race in the world, 73 First automobile run on a road with any success, 56 First chaise propelled by other than horse power, 50 First electric automobile built and first sold in the United States, 71, 118 First automobile built in America that ran; first sold in the United States, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 118 First modern steam car built in the United States; first sold in the United States, 70, 118 First use of internal combustion to drive piston in cylinder, 50 Fisher Body Corporation, 183, 189, 197, 198 Fisk Tire Co., 183, 189, 200 Ford, Henry (frontispiece), 37, 38, 39, 74, 76, 81, 83, 92, 93, 94, 98, 101, 102, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115 Ford Motor Co., 94, 95, 194, 224 Ford Motor Company of Canada, 193, 195, 224 Ford Tractor Co., 201 Franklin, Benjamin Frontispiece, Franklin, H. H. Mfg. Co., 95, 115, 195, 224 Frederick, J. George, quotation, 148, 149 Future of automobile accessories, 216, 217 Future of automotive inventions in rural districts, 124, 125 Future of commercial automobiles, 116, 117 Future of electric automobile industry, 116 Future of automobile industry as an investment, 145, 146, 147, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 216, 217 Future of the tire industry and stocks, 217 Future trend of automobile securities, 206, 207, 209 General Motors Co., 29, 178, 179, 182, 183, 188, 189, 190, 193, 196, 197, 234