Author Topic: By The Numbers, Part Deux (Read 488774 times)

nicanary · « **Reply #1850 on:** August 29, 2017, 03:12:53 PM »

The #1833 is on there but got a bit blurred when I enlarged the image. Were any of these early steam-powered vehicles actually ever built? I have a feeling they were mainly artists' impressions of what the inventor intended, rather than drawn from actual evidence. I don't know why they just didn't take a photo..............

el_monty · « **Reply #1851 on:** August 30, 2017, 03:47:29 AM »

nicanary · « **Reply #1852 on:** August 30, 2017, 04:15:38 AM »

I suspect that the date and caption are not correct, but at least it meets this thread's requirements.

Carnut · « **Reply #1853 on:** August 30, 2017, 04:44:13 AM »

Wendax · « **Reply #1854 on:** August 30, 2017, 04:55:45 AM »

nicanary · « **Reply #1855 on:** August 30, 2017, 05:00:44 AM »

el_monty · « **Reply #1856 on:** August 30, 2017, 05:03:23 AM »

Quote from: nicanary on August 30, 2017, 04:15:38 AM

I suspect that the date and caption are not correct, but at least it meets this thread's requirements.

The man sitting inside the car and looking at the camera through the window is none other than Thomas A. Edison! The photo was taken in 1914 and the car is a Detroit Electric.

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