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BULLETIN 119, U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



portion of a platform, the front of which is supported on caster 

 wheels, which are each connected with their pivots by means of two 

 pairs of curved plate springs. Cat. No. 251,276 U.S.N.M. 



Gasoline Automobile, 1892-1893. Gift of Inglis M. TJppercu, 1920. 



This motor car was designed and constructed by Charles E. Dur- 

 yea at Springfield, Massachusetts, during the year 1892-1893 and 

 made a successful road test early in September, 1893. It is the 



FIG. 24. DURYEA GASOLINE AUTOMOBILE, 1S92-1893. 



second machine made by Duryea, the first having been completed in 

 the autumn of 1892, which upon its trial was found to be satisfactory 

 in design but lacking in power, and was therefore dismantled. The 

 second machine duplicates the first in design but is equipped with 

 a more powerful motor. 



The motor is single cylinder, four cycle, water cooled, and is 

 placed almost horizontally beneath the phaeton carriage body with 

 its head extending backward and above the rear axle. The motor, 

 transmission gears, and differential are swung in a frame supported 

 at three points by rods, two at the rear axle and one at the center 

 of the front axle. The power of the motor is transmitted through 



