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The motorcycle market was very much in its infancy however, and sales were poor, so he decided to produce a 499cc belt drive model to bring in some much needed cash. [ 2 ] In 1911, Taylor became a naturalized British citizen, and in 1917 formally anglicized his German name to John Goodman.
Four wool spinning machines driven by belts from an overhead lineshaft (Leipzig, Germany, circa 1925) The belt drives of the Mueller Mill, model and reality, in motionA line shaft is a power-driven rotating shaft for power transmission that was used extensively from the Industrial Revolution until the early 20th century.
A 475cc model was also made at some point Model 7 (BS) 490cc sv 1914–1922 Brooklands Special Model 8 (BRS) 490cc 1914–1922 Brooklands Road Special Model 9(TT) 490cc 1912–1923 Belt-drive Model 3½ 490cc sv 1911–1918 Side-valve, became the Model 16 in 1919 Model 16: 490cc sv 1919–1920 Chain drive Norton 16H: 490cc sv 1921–1954 Model 18
1897 (): Stanley Brothers begin selling lightweight steam cars, over 200 being made. 1899 (): The Locomobile Company begins manufacture of the first production steam-powered cars, after purchasing manufacturing rights from the Stanley Brothers.
20 1914. 21 1915. 22 1916. 23 1917. 24 1918. 25 1919. 26 ... They are listed in chronological order from when each model began its model year. If a model did not have ...
A fully-optioned 20 could cost more than CA$2,600. [6] In 1956 the Model 20 Deluxe Black Hawk was offered with refinements and a mostly cream-colored paint scheme with red chassis. At the request of the United States distributor, a model with an offset engine, similar to the Farmall A or C tractors was offered, branded the Little Chief. [1]
The transverse shuttle is a method to drive a bobbin on a sewing machine so as to create the lockstitch technique. Transverse shuttles carry the bobbin in a boat-shaped shuttle, and reciprocate the shuttle along a straight horizontal shaft. As the earliest of bobbin drivers, the transverse shuttle was patented by Elias Howe on September 10 ...
In 1791, the English inventor John Barber patented a gas turbine. In 1794, Thomas Mead patented a gas engine. Also in 1794, Robert Street patented an internal-combustion engine, which was also the first to use liquid fuel (petroleum) and built an engine around that time. In 1798, John Stevens designed the first American internal combustion engine.