DURYEA GASOLINE AUTOMOBILE, 1893-94 

 Gift of Inglis M. Uppercu in 1920 (USNM 307199) 



This car (figs. 15 and 35), built by Charles E. and J. 

 Frank Duryea at Springfield, Mass., was operated on the 

 streets there in September 1893 with a friction drive, and 

 in January 1894 with the present gear transmission. It 

 has a 1 -cylinder, 4-cycle, 4-horsepower, water-cooled, gaso- 

 line engine with make-and-break electric ignition. The 



Figure 35. — Photo, made about 1920, of the 1893-94 Duryea automobile. 

 It is interesting to compare this with figure 15. 



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