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The Dymaxion car, c. 1933, artist Diego Rivera shown entering the car, carrying coat. The Dymaxion car was designed by American inventor Buckminster Fuller during the Great Depression and featured prominently at Chicago's 1933/1934 World's Fair. [1]
The Last Dymaxion: Buckminster Fuller’s Dream Restored is a 2012 documentary film directed by Noel Murphy. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] about Buckminster Fuller 's 1933 Dymaxion car as well as Fuller himself.
The Dymaxion car, c. 1933, artist Diego Rivera shown entering the car, carrying coat. The Dymaxion car was a vehicle designed by Fuller, featured prominently at Chicago's 1933-1934 Century of Progress World's Fair. [60] During the Great Depression, Fuller formed the Dymaxion Corporation and built three prototypes with noted naval architect ...
Dymaxion is a term coined by architect and inventor Buckminster Fuller and associated with much of his work, prominently his Dymaxion house and Dymaxion car. A portmanteau of the words dynamic , maximum , and tension , [ 1 ] Dymaxion sums up the goal of his study, "maximum gain of advantage from minimal energy input".
The car weighs 4,400 pounds and has an 80-horsepower engine. Spearing, James O. (5 October 1930), "At the Wheel", New York Times, Report about the London automobile show that opens October 16, 1930. The main focus of this article is Sir Dennistoun Burney's Streamline. Nield, Dr. Bernard. The Burney Streamline Car. Howden: Howden Civic Society ...
Dymaxion is a term coined by Buckminster Fuller to describe his work. Dymaxion may also refer to: Dymaxion map, a map projection that minimizes distortion of landmasses; Dymaxion car; Dymaxion house; Dymaxion Chronofile; Dymaxion deployment unit; The Last Dymaxion, a 2012 documentary film
Frank Martin's expertly driven 1995 BMW 735i is arguably the movie's biggest draw, but the variety of Citroëns, Peugeots, and Opels will give North American car spotters a glimpse of what life ...
Stout Scarab on display in Genoa, Italy Stout Scarab on display at Houston Fine Arts Museum 1935 Scarab at Owls Head Transportation Museum (Owls Head, Maine). The Stout Scarab is a streamlined 1930–1940s American car, designed by William Bushnell Stout and manufactured by Stout Engineering Laboratories and later by Stout Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan.