Category: Transportation

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Three-Wheeled Pleasure Car, 1929

On: By: Romeyn

English Driver Invents This Novel Three – Wheeled Pleasure Car

Constructed on the principle of a motorcycle, this three-wheeled automobile shown below attains a speed of 70 m.p.h. It was built in Kingston, England, by A. Graham, famous race driver. The circular doors are detachable for use during warm weather. Plenty of room is afforded in the driver’s compartment. The windshield is built in the body of the car. Driven from the lone rear wheel by a motorcycle engine, the car is steered from the front. A similar racing car is being planned.

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Gilderfluke Perfected Locomotive, 1897

On: By: Romeyn

A spoof article written in the December issue of Locomotive Engineering, A Practical Journal of Railway Motive Power and Rolling Stock, by Eli Gilderfluke

The scope of this elaborate joke can be seen in the various components described below, Ive highlighted just a few of the many jokes, not to mention, the machine in the engraving would not be able to move thanks to the configuration of the wheels (52-57). Continue reading “Gilderfluke Perfected Locomotive, 1897” →