Project Gutenberg 2013-01-21 Public domain in the USA. 118 Weeks, Lyman Horace Automobile Biographies An Account of the Lives and the Work of Those Who Have Been Identified with the Invention and Development of Self-Propelled Vehicles on the Common Roads E-text prepared by Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (http://archive.org) "Automobile Biographies" by Lyman Horace Weeks is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book chronicles the lives and innovations of key figures associated with the invention and evolution of self-propelled vehicles. It provides insights into the technical challenges these pioneers faced and their contributions to the automotive industry. The opening of the book sets the stage by discussing the rich history surrounding the development of automobiles, beginning with early concepts and inventions that date back several centuries. It highlights notable inventors and engineers, such as Nicholas Joseph Cugnot, Richard Trevithick, and Oliver Evans, who made significant strides in mechanizing transportation. The foreword also explains the extensive research undertaken to compile these biographies, aiming to not only record these innovators' great achievements but also shed light on the advancements and societal implications brought forth by their work, ultimately leading up to the modern automobile. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/41891/41891-h/images/cover.jpg en Automobiles -- History TL Text Browsing: Engineering & Construction Browsing: History - General Browsing: Science - General 319765 319558 2024-09-17T14:06:44.296665 2023-09-18T08:55:13.109889 text/html text/html 318583 2013-01-21T12:00:37 text/html 776301 2013-01-21T12:03:33 text/html application/zip 827357 2024-09-17T14:06:49.995637 application/epub+zip 829129 2024-09-17T14:06:45.276700 application/epub+zip 161641 2024-09-17T14:06:44.758633 application/epub+zip 925120 2024-09-17T14:06:53.387629 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 896772 2024-09-17T14:06:49.383622 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 231537 2022-09-19T07:22:29.625284 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 278117 277945 2024-09-17T14:06:43.410626 2023-09-18T08:55:12.470893 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 277833 2013-01-21T11:56:11 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 103391 2013-01-21T11:56:11 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 277841 2013-01-21T11:56:11 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 103346 2013-01-21T11:56:11 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19965 2024-09-17T14:06:53.542578 application/rdf+xml 11805 2024-09-17T14:06:44.859625 image/jpeg 1926 2024-09-17T14:06:44.808632 image/jpeg 780253 2024-09-17T14:06:44.357642 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog