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Wilcox's patent for a car heater, 1893. Margaret A. Wilcox (1838 – March 30, 1912) was an American mechanical engineer and inventor known for her late-nineteenth-century discoveries.
The heating radiator was invented by Franz San Galli in 1855, a Kingdom of Prussia-born Russian businessman living in St. Petersburg. [2] [3] In the late 1800s, companies, such as the American Radiator Company, promoted cast iron radiators over previous fabricated steel designs in order to lower costs and expand the market.
Charles S. L. Baker and his assistant demonstrating a heating/radiator system Baker worked over the span of decades on his product, attempting several different forms of friction, including rubbing two bricks together mechanically, as well as using various types of metals.
The Roman hypocaust is an early example of a type of radiator for building space heating. Franz San Galli, a Prussian-born Russian businessman living in St. Petersburg, is credited with inventing the heating radiator around 1855, [1] [2] having received a radiator patent in 1857, [3] but American Joseph Nason and Scot Rory Gregor developed a primitive radiator in 1841 [4] and received a number ...
This is a list of automobiles produced for the general public in the North American market. They are listed in chronological order from when each model began its model year. If a model did not have continuous production, it is listed again on the model year production resumed.
The first Daimler car was a converted carriage, but with innovations that are still adopted today (cushioned engine mountings, fan cooling, finned-radiator water cooling). [3] France. Steam: Peugeot (later internal-combustion, and the first to be entered in an organised race, albeit for bicycles, Paris–Brest–Paris) Germany.
List price was US$1300. By contrast, the Ford Model F in 1905 was priced at $1,000, [ 4 ] the FAL was US$1750, [ 5 ] a Cole 30 [ 5 ] or Colt Runabout was US$1500, [ 6 ] the Ford Model S $700, the high-volume Oldsmobile Runabout US$650, [ 7 ] Western 's Gale Model A US$500, [ 8 ] the Black could be as low as $375, [ 9 ] and the Success hit the ...
In 1939, Packard became the first automobile manufacturer to offer an optional air conditioning unit in its 1940 model year cars. [2] [3] These bulky units were manufactured by Bishop and Babcock (B&B), of Cleveland, Ohio and were ordered on approximately 2,000 cars. [4] The "Bishop and Babcock Weather Conditioner" also incorporated a heater.