Identifier: scientific-american-1905-01-28 (find matches)
Title: Scientific American Volume 92 Number 04 (January 1905)
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: motor scientific automobile american transmission fitted gear rear portland cement scientific american american supplements american january american supplement crank case bevel gear side entrance rear axle touring car
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ignition,and he thought the second spark of which he hadspoken was what was needed to remedy this. He wasinformed that people often wanted to economize inthe ignition arrangement of motor cars more than inany other part; but that seemed to him false economy.There was much that was beautiful and well andskillfully designed in connection with these engines,and sometimes the ignition part was not equal to therest. He thought more attention should be directedto those parts. Important alterations have been made concerning theinternational contest for gasoline-propelled boats forthe Harmsworth trophy. Henceforth the start is tobe a flying one, all competitors starting together bysignal. The course is to be extended from the presentlength of between 6 and 12 knots to one varying from30 to 35 knots, so that opportunity is provided for theevolution of a better type of boat. All angles also mustnot be less than 120 degrees, and the length of eachround is not to be less than five nautical miles.
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Fig;. 6.—CHASSIS OF 24-HORSE-POWER NATIONAL TOURING CAR. 68 Scientific American January 28, 1905. A NEW AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE. Our illustrations depict a distinctly American ma-chine of a new type, the original of which made itsdebut at Ormond Beach a year ago, and despite cutcylinders from running out of oil, made the fast timeof a mile a minute. Since then Mr.Walter Christie, of this city, the in-ventor of the car, has constructed amuch larger racer, and with this hehas gone to Florida again, with thehope of making some speed records.If he is successful this year at Ormondduring the present week, he may after-ward enter the iong-distance road race,which is to be run off in Cuba. Thenew car, as can be seen from the pho-tographs, is quite simple. It consistsof a front axle formed of the motorcrank case and suitably attached to theside bars of the frame. The ends of thecrank case are brought out somewhatin the shape of a forked steeringknuckle (EB in diagram), and theupper part of the

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