Our Times, 1900-1925, Volume 1Scribner, 1971 - 610 pages |
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Page 427
... gasoline or kerosene motors were de- vised , which furnished light for buildings , helped the housewife in her daily tasks , and pumped water for do- mestic uses . Electricity or gasoline began to milk the cows , curry the horses . In ...
... gasoline or kerosene motors were de- vised , which furnished light for buildings , helped the housewife in her daily tasks , and pumped water for do- mestic uses . Electricity or gasoline began to milk the cows , curry the horses . In ...
Page 479
... gasoline as a distillate of oil in the Pennsylvania oil - fields . 1874. Sir David Salomons , of London , completed the first vehicle to be driven by an electric battery . 1876. N. A. Otto , a German , invented the four - cycle internal ...
... gasoline as a distillate of oil in the Pennsylvania oil - fields . 1874. Sir David Salomons , of London , completed the first vehicle to be driven by an electric battery . 1876. N. A. Otto , a German , invented the four - cycle internal ...
Page 489
... gasoline automobile was not the first to get under way . In the first real automobile show ever held in America , in New York in 1900 , more than one - third the space was taken up by displays of various electric cars ; of the rest of ...
... gasoline automobile was not the first to get under way . In the first real automobile show ever held in America , in New York in 1900 , more than one - third the space was taken up by displays of various electric cars ; of the rest of ...
Contents
Some Aspects of the Surface of Life in America on New Years | 1 |
AMERICA IN 1900 | 31 |
ROOSEVELT GETS HIS START | 71 |
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