Figure 23. — Model of Samuel Morey's turpentine engine, 1826- 1828, the 

 earliest recorded American internal combustion engine. The turpentine vapor 

 carburetor was in the large box between the two cylinders. After explosion 

 ol the vapor, water was injected into the cylinders to produce the vacuum 

 which caused the pistons to descend under atmosphere pressure. USNM 

 314668; Smithsonian photo 43888. 



Father asked the place of his nativity and to what 

 Polytechnic he went. To the first question I think 

 his reply was Bavaria, and to the second Heidelberg, 

 but of this I am not quite certain. There was a 

 good deal more talk and among other things Father 

 asked what wages he expected to get when he told 

 father he left that entirely to his employers. Father 



told him that at present he did not see an opening 

 for him, and to this his reply was "No matter; any 

 time." When asked to leave his address he wrote 

 "Henri Mogeme" and the name of a tavern that 

 was in the next block east on the south side of Market 

 St. next to Wiltberger's iron foundry. It was a 

 frame building with a Ion? range of back buildings, 



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