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The Compressed Air Car...No Fuel or Gas Needed...Just Air.

From The Horeseless Age from October 1898:

In 1895, the Pneumatic Carriage Company was organized under the laws of West Virginia, with an authorized capitol of $5,000,000, and with offices at 253 Broadway, New York.

2/ The organizers had been conducting experiments with compressed air motors for street railway service for several years, and naturally turned toward the motor vehicle when it received its first impetus in America. The president and manager of the company is A.H. Hoadley...

3/ who has been in charge of the experiments at the works of the American Wheelock Engine Company, Worcester, Mass. The first carriage built by the company was completed in November 1896. It has seating six, weighs 2700 lbs, and will run 20 miles over ordinary good roads...

4/ on one charge. A grade of 20 percent is claimed to surmountable. The wooden wheels are 30 and 42 inches respectively, and pneumatics of 4 inches diameter render riding as easy as possible. The motor, of the reciprocating type, weighs 400 lbs and operates at 350 revolutions,

5/ when the carriage is making 15 miles an hour. Ordinary compensating gear and hub steering are employed. In order to heat and expand the air before it enters the motor, it is surcharged with hot water, carried in the vehicle in a separate tank and kept at a temp of 400 degrees

6/ Five pounds of water is required for each time traversed. All the above machinery is spring supported, to relieve it from the shocks of the road.

here is a link with all this info and lots more on air powered vehicles 👇
douglas-self.com/MUSEUM////TRAN…

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