Story of the automobile: Its history and development from 1760 to 1917: With an analysis of the standing and prospects of the automobile industryBarber, H. L. (Herbert Lee)
History
Story of the automobile: Its history and development from 1760 to 1917: With an analysis of the standing and prospects of the automobile industry
Barber, H. L. (Herbert Lee)
Automobiles -- History
Securities, leading examples of prices, terms and promotion plans on
which they were put out, 195-200
Securities, trading in, Cleveland Stock Exchange, 193
Securities, trading in, Detroit Stock Exchange, 193
Selden, Geo. B., first patentor of gasoline motor, 65, 66, 67, 68,
69, 77, 104, 114
Selden “patent”, 37, 104, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114
Self-starter, the, 44, 45, 122
Serpollet, made use of dry steam possible, 73, 77
Sliding transmission, 123
Society of Automotive Engineers, 44, 135
Smith Motor Truck Co., 181, 187
Spark plug, chambered, 123
Springfield Body Co., 181, 187
Standardization of manufacture of automobiles, 82, 97, 99, 100, 135,
136
Standard Motor Co., 181, 187, 239
Stanley, builder of steam cars, 78, 118, 119, 228, 240
Stearns, B. F. Co., 95, 115, 195, 229
Stocks of automobile companies; when they became known in the
legitimate market, 173
Stoddard-Dayton, 201
Stromberg Carburetor Co., 181, 187
Studebaker Corporation, 95, 178, 180, 182, 188, 190, 193, 202, 205,
229, 240
Stutz Motor Car Co., 96, 178, 180, 183, 189, 190, 229
Supremacy of United States in automobile industry, 79, 80, 81, 82, 102
Swinehart Tire & Rubber Co., 193
Thomas, E. R., Motor Car Co., 95, 115, 229, 240
Time payment plan in buying automobiles, 40, 41
Time required to develop automobile, 49
Times Square Auto Supply Co., 183, 189
Tires, rubber; history of, 74, 120, 121, 122, 140
Tires, solid, 123
Tractors, economical value and future, 147, 148, 149
Transue & Williams Steel Forging Co., 197, 199
Trevithick, Richard, early English automobile maker, 56, 57, 58, 77
Tungsten, value in automobile construction, 129
United Alloy Steel Corporation, 197, 198, 199
United Motors Co., 182, 187, 205, 240
United States Motors Co., 182, 188, 201, 240
United States Rubber Co., 178, 180, 190, 200
Universal Motor Co., 183, 189
Value of automobiles produced 1899 to 1916, 139
Value of automobiles produced 1907 to 1909, 34
Value of motor trucks produced in 1916, 28
Value of passenger cars produced in 1916, 28
Vanadium; value in automobile construction, 129
Velie Motors Corporation, 96, 229
War orders for automobile trucks, 1913-14, 47
War orders for automobile trucks, 1914-15, 47
War use of trucks; value in warfare, 169-170
Watt, James, inventor of steam engine, 51
When early automobile had a “vogue” in England, 63
When French began selling automobiles in quantity, 78
White, inventor of generator for steam cars, 77, 78, 95, 118, 119
White Motor Co., 95, 178, 180, 183, 189, 190, 193, 229, 241
Whitney, William O., early automobile capitalist, 108
Why early English automobiles failed, 64
Why gasoline cars are preferred, 118
Widener, P. A. B., early automobile capitalist, 108
Willys-Overland Co., 42, 43, 81, 95, 115, 178, 180, 182, 188, 190,
196, 227, 229
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