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furnish two forward speeds; while the clutch on the right, in con- 

 junction with a planetary gear, provides the reverse. Power was 

 transmitted through chains to sprockets on a sleeve on the live rear 

 axle. The sleeve is integral with the driving element of the differ- 

 ential. A spring compensator for absorbing shocks of power trans- 

 mission is built into the differential, while a pedal operates a band 

 brake on the differential unit. 



The cylinder end of the engine is attached rigidly to the rear-axle 

 support, while the crankshaft end is supported by curved iron straps 

 attached to the front axle. The body rests on three full-elliptic 

 springs, a transverse one at the front axle and the other two at the 

 rear. Steering is accomplished by means of a tiller, which swings 

 the front wheels about on their vertical pivots. Wheels are of the 

 wooden artillery type equipped with solid rubber tires, the front 32 

 inches and the rear 36 inches in diameter. 



A radiator consisting of 21 long horizontal tubes running fore and 

 aft of the car is mounted flat against the underside of the body and 

 is connected to the water tank and to the water jacket of the cylinder 

 by two rubber hoses. 



The gasoline tank hangs just below the engine; fuel was pumped 

 from it to the carburetor by a small pump driven by an eccentric on 

 the crankshaft. The eccentric arm also operated the exhaust valve 

 of the engine, while the spring-closed intake valve is of the automatic 

 variety. Make-and-break electric ignition was also controlled by the 

 eccentric arm. 



WINTON GASOLINE AUTOMOBILE, 1898 



U. S. N. M. No. 309601; original; gift of the Winton Engine Co. in 1929; 

 photograph No. 10481-B ; plate 8, a. 



This car, the first Winton sold by the Winton Motor-Carriage Co., 

 of Cleveland, Ohio, was built by Alexander Winton in 1898. Several 

 earlier experimental models were constructed but never sold. This 

 one was the first of a lot of approximately 25 cars scheduled for pro- 

 duction in one year. It was bought on March 24, 1898, by Kobert 

 Allison, of Port Carbon, Pa., from whom it was subsequently repur- 

 chased by the Winton Co. Mr. Allison was 70 years old at the time 

 of his purchase of the machine. 



A 1-cylinder, water-cooled, horizontal, gasoline engine with make- 

 and-break ignition supplied the motive power, the transmission being 

 connected by a chain to a small shaft directly over the rear-axle 

 housing. The small shaft, which is geared directly to a differential 

 unit on the rear axle, also carries a brake drum, the external contract- 

 ing band of which is actuated by a pedal at the left foot of the driver. 

 Two speeds forward and one reverse are provided by the transmission, 



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