CATALOG OF THE AUTOMOBILE COLLECTION 17 



KELSEY AND TILNEY GASOLINE AUTOMOBILE, 1899 



U. S. N. M. No. 308029 ; original ; gift of Joseph R. Darling in 1923 ; photograph 

 No. 38130; plate 9, ft. 



Made by Carl W. Kelsey and I. Sheldon Tilney as an experiment 

 in 1899, this vehicle was never put into production, though in later 

 years Mr. Kelsey did enter into the production of automobiles of dif- 

 ferent design, including both 3-wheeled and 4-wheeled cars. 



This 3-wheeled machine has a frame made of pipe, with two wheels 

 in front and one driving wheel in the rear. A light 2-passenger body 

 is attached to the frame by three full-elliptic springs. The wheels are 

 wire-spoked, 25 inches in diameter, and the front wheels are steered by 

 a tiller. Single-tube pneumatic tires were provided. 



A horizontal, 1-cylinder engine is supported on the left side of the 

 frame, with the crankshaft end toward the rear. A planetary trans- 

 mission, providing two forward speeds and reverse, is assembled on 

 a transverse jackshaft driven by sprockets and chain from the engine. 

 The high-speed clutch is operated by a lever at the right of the vehicle, 

 while the low speed and reverse are controlled by two pedals. The 

 drive to the rear wheel sprocket is transmitted by chain from a sprocket 

 on the jackshaft. 



The engine is water-cooled by circulation from a water tank in the 

 upper right part of the body. The 4-cycle engine has an intake valve 

 of the automatic type and an exhaust valve mechanically operated by 

 a cam driven by gears at half crankshaft speed. A muffler is provided. 

 Above the intake valve is a gasoline vaporizer fed by gravity from a 

 small tank above it, behind the seat. Ignition is now by means of 

 high-tension coil and spark plug, advance and retard being effected 

 by a small lever to the right of the seat cushion. Originally the igni- 

 tion was of the make-and-break type. 



LOCOMOBILE STEAM AUTOMOBILE, 1900 



U. S. N. M. No. 309639 ; original ; gift of Mrs. H. H. Smith in 1929 ; photograph No. 

 38504; plate 11, a. 



In 1899 the twin brothers F. E. and F. O. Stanley sold their newly 

 created steam-automobile business to a group who began the manufac- 

 ture of a car, first in Newton, Mass., and later in Bridgeport, Conn., 

 under the name of Locomobile. This vehicle, sold new on July 4, 1900, 

 for $750, represents Locomobile's early Bridgeport product. 



In general design the vehicle consists of a light tubular underf rame 

 carried directly on the axles, with the body supported on the frame by 

 means of three full-elliptic springs, one at each side in the rear and 

 one mounted transversely at the front. 



