Scientific American, Bound Volume for July-December 1864, Vol. 11
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Massachusetts machinist Sylvester Roper patented a hot air engine that produced motion by harnessing the expansion and contraction of warming and cooling air. The December 3, 1864, issue of Scientific American described his engine. Roper also built at least seven steam-powered carriages and two steam-powered motorcycles years before automobiles -- as we know them -- appeared.
Massachusetts machinist Sylvester Roper patented a hot air engine that produced motion by harnessing the expansion and contraction of warming and cooling air. The December 3, 1864, issue of Scientific American described his engine. Roper also built at least seven steam-powered carriages and two steam-powered motorcycles years before automobiles -- as we know them -- appeared.
Artifact
Magazine (Periodical)
Subject Date
02 July 1864 - 24 December 1864
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On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2019.0.3.75
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Printing (Process)
Bookbinding (Process)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 14 in
Width: 10 in
Depth: 1.25 in
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