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Stanley from Cars, Cars 2, and the Cars Toons short "Time Travel Mater" is a Stanley Steamer. Another Stanley Steamer appears in the 1965 film The Great Race starring Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis, with Natalie Wood as the driver of the car. And a Stanley Steamer appears in the 2003 film Seabiscuit. Boston Red Sox pitcher Bob Stanley was ...
Hancock's boiler and wheels were the two main lasting designs from that period with there being relatively little change between his boiler and that of some of the earliest steam cars of the 1900s. He is also credited with inventing the basic design of Artillery Wheel for use on his carriage. Chenab 15:12, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
Artillery wheel for a motorcar. Wood-spoke artillery wheels were used on early automobiles, as a stronger alternative to wire wheels. [5] By the 1920s, many motor cars used wheels that looked at a glance like wooden artillery wheels, but which were of cast steel or welded from steel pressed sections. These too were usually called artillery wheels.
On August 25, 2009, Team Inspiration of the British Steam Car Challenge set a new record for steam vehicles, surpassing the long-held record established by a Stanley Steamer in 1906. The team achieved a speed of 139.843 mph (225.055 km/h) [ 58 ] [ 59 ] at Edwards Air Force Base in California's Mojave Desert .
The American Steam Car was a product of the American Steam Automobile Co, West Newton, Massachusetts, from 1924 to 1948. It was built by Thomas S. Derr, a former faculty member at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Derr specialized in servicing, modifications and improvements of Stanley steam cars. He went on to develop his own engine ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has approved the sale to Israel of 155 mm artillery shells and related equipment without congressional review, the Pentagon said on ...
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