The 1893 Duryea Automobile In the Museum of History and TechnologyBerkebile, Donald H.
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The 1893 Duryea Automobile In the Museum of History and Technology
Berkebile, Donald H.
Duryea automobile
[14] Letter from Charles Duryea to C. W. Mitman, March 21, 1922; copy in
Museum files.
[15] See "history" (footnote 7), p. 6.
[16] DURYEA, op. cit. (footnote 5), p. 8.
[17] Copy of letter in Museum files.
[18] DURYEA, op. cit. (footnote 5), p. 12.
[19] Letter from Frank Duryea to Charles Duryea, November 3, 1893,
states that the engine could be run at 700 as well as 500 rpm. Copy in
Museum files.
[20] DURYEA, op. cit. (footnote 5), p. 14. Also in letter from Charles
Duryea to C. W. Mitman, January 11, 1922; copy in Museum files.
[21] Letter from Charles Duryea to C. W. Mitman, January 11, 1922; also
letter from Frank Duryea to David Beecroft, November 15, 1924. Copies in
Museum files.
[22] Letter from Charles Duryea to F. A. Taylor, December 5, 1936, says
he "thought" they had five teeth. Copy in Museum files.
[23] Frank later wrote his brother, January 1894, that he fixed the tank
so it would not draw sediment from the bottom. Copy of letter in Museum
files.
[24] The number of mufflers Frank Duryea constructed is not known. He
wrote Charles, December 22, 1893, that he "will try a new muffler also."
[25] Selden Patent Evidence, vol. 9, p. 110.
[26] See "history" (footnote 7), p. 2. Charles wrote, "Some parts of
these [referring to the batteries], like the jars, I had on hand for six
or eight years, and did not need to buy."
[27] Ibid., p. 15.
[28] Ibid., p. 15
[29] Frank stated in this letter that the friction drum originally had
two belts, forward and reverse, but since they tended to foul each
other, he removed the reverse belt and left the other to serve for both
directions. How the shipper fork might have handled two belts is not
understood.
[30] As actually constructed there are only two gears on the secondary
shaft. He obviously discovered that one gear secured to two clutches
would serve for both forward and reverse. Space was also limited.
[31] Recorded interview with Frank Duryea in U.S. National Museum,
November 9, 1956.
[32] Letter from Frank Duryea to Charles Duryea, November 8, 1893. Copy
in Museum files.
[33] Frank Duryea, in a recorded interview in the U.S. National Museum
on November 6, 1957, said that he believed these had been purchased from
Rochester Rawhide Company.
[34] Letter from Frank Duryea to Charles Duryea, December 22, 1893. Also
letter from Frank Duryea to David Beecroft, November 15, 1924. Copies in
Museum files.
[35] Telling of the first use of the car in later days, Frank Duryea
mentions the many noises and vibrations that accompanied the trip: the
vibrating tiller, the tinny sounding muffler, the clattering chains. He
later reported speeds of 3 mph in low gear and 8 mph in high gear.
[36] Letter from Frank Duryea to Charles Duryea, Jan. 19, 1894, says
they went up hill via Summer and Armor Streets, then out Walnut to
Bemis' at Central Street School.
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