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are operated by a vertical T rod within reach of the driver. On the 

 lower end of this rod is a sprocket wheel and chain at the ends of 

 which are attached wire ropes running over pulleys and attached 

 to the clutches. Braking is obtained by a friction band on the jack- 

 shaft, operated by a hand lever. 



The water tank is beneath the carriage seat, while the radiator and 

 gasoline tank are beneath the floor toward the front. The carbureter 

 feed is controlled by a foot pedal. The motor is cranked through the 

 spokes of the right rear wheel. The chassis is a rectangular tubular 



FIG. 25. HAYNES GASOLINE AUTOMOBILK, 1893-1894. 



frame upon which rests the auto body on semielliptical springs. Its 

 total weight without passengers is 1,020 pounds. 



Cat. No. 262,135 U.S.N.M. 



Gasoline Automobile, 1894. Gift of Stephen M. Balzer, 1899. 



This car was designed and built by Mr. Balzer in New York City 

 in 1894. It is equipped with a three-cylinder air-cooled rotary motor 

 whose power is transmitted through a chain of gears to a gear on the 

 revolving shaft on which the rear wheels are mounted. 



The rear wheels are 28 inches in diameter and the front wheels are 

 18 inches in diameter, equipped with pneumatic tires, and swung in 

 forks of the bicycle type. Cat. No. 181,658 U.S.N.M. 



