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CONTENTS 



Page 



Foreword 4 



The Pioneers 



Nicolas Joseph Cugnot 8 



Road locomotives in England 9 



First attempts in America 11 



Richard Dudgeon 13 



Sylvester H. Roper 14 



Lucius D. Copeland 15 



From steam to gasoline 19 



An American industry is born 22 



The Collection 33 



Roper steam velocipede, about 1869 33 



Selden gasoline automobile, 1879 36 



Long steam tricycle, about 1880 41 



Duryea gasoline automobile, 1893-94 45 



Haynes gasoline automobile, 1894 48 



Balzer gasoline automobile, 1894 50 



Clarke gasoline tricycle, 1897 52 



Olds gasoline automobile, 1897 55 



Winton gasoline automobile, 1898 57 



Knox gasoline automobile, 1899 59 



Kelsey and Tilney gasoline automobile, 1899 63 



Locomobile steam automobile, 1900 64 



Riker electric automobile, about 1900 70 



Autocar gasoline automobile, 1901 73 



White steam automobile, 1901 77 



Franklin gasoline automobile, 1902 80 



Indian motorcycle, 1902 85 



Winton gasoline racing automobile, 1902 87 



Winton gasoline racing automobile, 1903 97 



Winton gasoline automobile, 1903 103 



Cadillac gasoline automobile, 1903 108 



Oldsmobile gasoline automobile, 1903 Ill 



Columbia electric automobile, 1904 115 



Rolls-Royce gasoline automobile, 1907 117 



Simplex gasoline automobile, 1912 123 



Ford gasoline automobile, 1913 129 



Harley-Davidson motorcycle, 1913 133 



Rauch and Lang electric automobile, 1914 136 



Cleveland motorcycle, 1918 139 



Autocar gasoline trucks, 1921 141 



Cadillac gasoline automobile, 1923 144 



Bantam %-ton Army truck, 1940 148 



Picture credits 152 



Bibliography 153 



Index 155 



