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	steam-car-aviation
		She sees in the steam driven plane a machine that is capable of standing up to long and continuous flying with the minimum amount of wear and stress; and one, which owing to its simplicity and its absence of small delicate moving parts is easier and cheaply made.
		The steam then travels round the outside of the liners, and is drawn away on the opposite side of the cylinder block by means of a vacuum pump, condensed and returned to the supply tank.
		White states that the fact that the steam is in contact with the heating surfaces of the vaporizer until it leaves the cylinder at the end of the stroke, makes it possible to employ double--or even triple expansion, with minimum amount of fuel.
	www.stanleysteamers.com /steam-car-aviation.htm (6727 words)

	Steam car - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1801 Richard Trevithick constructed a steam car which was equipped with an inside hearth boiler, with a vertical cylinder, the single piston moved the driving wheels by means of a crosshead.
		Until 1914, Stanley steam cars vented their exhaust steam directly to the atmosphere, necessitating frequent refilling of the water tank; after 1914, all Stanleys were fitted with a condenser, which considerably improved their water usage.
		Attempts were made to bring more advanced steam cars to market such as the Doble Steam Car, but they ultimately failed due to high cost (in the case of the Doble) and a perceived lengthy starting process, despite their economy and power.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Steam_car (1307 words)

	Steam car Summary
		The resulting pressurized steam is then transferred to an engine, where it is used to push a piston; a crankshaft is used to convert the reciprocating motion of the moving piston into rotary power that can be used to turn lathes or other machine tools, or, as in Cugnot's application, to propel a vehicle.
		This stored energy, high pressure steam, is used to push a piston back and forth, which, through a linkage of a piston rod and a connecting rod, turns the crank shaft.
		With the smoothness of the steam power and because of its phenomenal torque at only one or two rpm's the steam car's engine was typically connected directly to the rear axle, because no clutch or transmission was needed.
	www.bookrags.com /Steam_car (2097 words)

	STEAM MOTOR VEHICLES - Car - Automobile
		Ten years ago steam cars were in their zenith—not that a large number of makers were producing them, nor yet that the majority of cars were steamers, but rather that a most progressive and prosperous organization was producing these cars on a real quantity basis.
		Steam cars not so equipped would run approximately 30 to 35 miles on a tank-full, about 35 to 40 gals.
		The steam generator, Fig 1, which has been worked out to fulfill these interrelated conditions, is a flash-generator in theory, yet has the appearance of a water-tube boiler and has a water-level in the evaporating zone.
	www.catskillarchive.com /rrextra/automo.Html (4539 words)

	Steam Automobile FAQ
		Modern steam generators for automotive use are constructed in such a way that in case of a rupture they have vary little water at the saturation point, preventing an explosion.
		Steam cars of the time needed a lot of preparation that required about 30 minutes or more before they could be driven.
		Steam cars are unreliable and require a lot of maintenance.
	ghlin2.greenhills.net /~apatter/steamfaq.html (862 words)

	The First Car - A History of the Automobile
		Thomas Newcomen didn't build his first steam engine until 1712 we can quess that this was possibly a model vehicle powered by a mechanism like Hero's steam engine, a spining wheel with jets on the periphery.
		Steam cars had been built in America since before the Civil War but the early one were like miniture locomotives.
		Steam power was widely used in the 1880's and 1890's on the farms of America.
	www.ausbcomp.com /~bbott/cars/carhist.htm (2817 words)

	www.ncngrrmuseum.org - Jeffery Steam Car
		This car is certainly the first one built in Grass Valley and Nevada County and one history of the gold country proclaimed it the first automobile manufactured in California.
		The car was tested on Grass Valley streets on October 21, 1901 as reported in the October 24 issue of "The Union".
		During a remodel of that museum, the car was removed to a garage on Main Street and stored in the attic with the Cal Palmer carriage collection.
	www.ncngrrmuseum.org /pb/wp_44321534.html (495 words)

	stanley photos
		The car's brakes are only on the rear and were originally bands that contract around the outside of the brake drums seen in the photo.
		The various valves shown in the photo are for the steam siphon which uses steam to draw water from a trough or creek into the main water tank; steam enema which cleans the carbon build-up from the main vaporizer coil; and to blow-down the boiler at the end of a day's use.
		The car is put into reverse by pressing the hook-up pedal all the way to the floorboard and holding it while admitting steam to the engine.
	mysite.verizon.net /~wilhelmr/stanphot.html (1985 words)

	Stanley Steam Engine Photos
		The first Stanley cars had the steam engine mounted within the car's body frame with a chain drive to the rear axle similar to other manufacturers of the era.
		Direct connection of the steam engine to the rear axle was an advantage that helped Stanley become a dominant steam car manufacturer.
		Once Stanley moved to building only condensing steam cars (where the exhaust steam was condensed and the water reused) all cars were 20 horsepower cars.
	www.stanleymotorcarriage.com /SteamEngine/SteamEngineIntroduction.htm (716 words)

	Stanley Motor Carriage - Stanley Steam Cars - Stanley Steamers
		After enjoying the car for the remainder of the Summer and Fall of 1999 and accumulating 350 miles, Bob embarked on the interior and exterior restoration of the Stanley.
		The car was awarded a Blue Ribbon and the Amelia Island Award in the Condenser Steam Car Class.
		The Steam Automobile Club of America (SACA) is an excellent organization to obtain reproductions of Stanley and other steam car manufacturer literature.
	www.stanleymotorcarriage.com (1264 words)

	American Steam Car - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The American Steam Car was, quite simply, an American steam car, produced by Thomas Derr from 1924 to 1931.
		Most of the cars were either conversions or manufactured with Hudson chassis and bodies.
		This article about a car produced between 1915 and 1930 is a stub.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/American_Steam_Car (117 words)

	Steam Powered Car - CarSpace Automotive Forums
		There were a few makes of steam car in the late teens and early 20's; and at that time was really the high point of automotive steam interest.
		Doble steam cars were conventionally styled and used flash boilers to make a full head of steam in about 3 minutes.
		Almost all previous steam cars have had conventional steam engine setups, with a steam chest for each cylinder, internal cross-slides, connecting rods coupled directly to a rear axle gear, etc. The basics are the same as a locomotive, just in a much smaller package.
	townhall-talk.edmunds.com /direct/view/.f1009a4 (916 words)

	Steamcars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Although the first version of his car was very unpractical - after a quater of an hour of ride, the boiler had to be heated up for the same time -, Cugnot was commissioned to build a bigger style of his car that was able to transport artillery guns.
		The leading engineer in the development of steam cars in England was Richard Trevithick.
		Steam fans often meet in England at steam car meetings, where they present their devices to interested people.
	library.thinkquest.org /C006011/english/sites/steam_wagen1.php3?v=2 (472 words)

	The Plymouth-based Keen Steamliner steam powered car
		Electric cars were silent but had limited travel ranges before their batteries had to be recharged and that killed their use.
		Steam was silent, smooth, and reliable, but most people shyed away from it as they neither understood the principles of steam power, nor did they want to be bothered with the preparations required to get the boiler fired up to convert water into steam.
		The car had a fire tube boiler as I recall, wire wound for strength, and when the boiler was started it took only 45 seconds to get up 600 psi boiler pressure.
	www.allpar.com /history/plymouth/steamer.html (2259 words)

	Steam Car in a Day
		Steam boilers are surrounded with a tangle of pipe and a small forest of valves.
		Steam engines are "lagged", wrapped in insulation to keep them hot, the opposite of an IC engine.
		We wanted a little steam to run thru the engine to help the fire along, but this was our time to recover from the work of the climb.
	www.the-nerds.org /Steam-Car-Day.html (7769 words)

	Steam & Engine of Australia - The Stanley Steam Car
		The car's fuel was kerosene used in a 'bunsen' style burner in the fire tube boiler.
		The driver's controls of the car are much the same as any car of the period, with the familiar throttle, brake, and fuel.
		The main difference with the steam car is that the driver has to be more aware of upcomming road conditions.
	www.steamengine.com.au /steam/road/stanley (921 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Science/Nature \| Steam engines could be eco hope
		His team, the British Steam Car Challenge (BSCC), is hoping that its Inspiration vehicle will live up to its name and not only break a long-standing steam-car speed record, but also inspire thinking about alternative fuels for the future.
		Although steam engines are most likely to need to burn hydrocarbon-based fuels like petrol and diesel, which in turn release carbon dioxide, external combustion engines can control the release and the production of CO2 more efficiently.
		Inspiration is a far cry from the steam cars made famous by the Stanley brothers, however.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/sci/tech/4076811.stm (1193 words)

	The Steam Car Club of Great Britain
		Uniflow engines potentially allow greater expansion in a single cylinder without the relatively cool exhaust steam flowing across the hot end of the working cylinder and steam ports of a conventional "counterflow" steam engine during the exhaust stroke.
		This remaining steam is compressed by the returning piston and is thermodynamically desirable as it preheated the hot end of the cylinder before the admission of steam.
		Doble had obtained capital to get a company going making steam cars but manufacture of the car was stopped by the War Emergency Board, the government refused to give the Doble company an allotment of steel.
	www.steamcar.net /uniflow-doble.html (707 words)

	Damn Interesting » The Last Great Steam Car
		Steam had already enjoyed a long and successful career in locomotive powerplants, so it was only natural that the technology evolved into a miniaturized version which was unshackled from the rails.
		Even as the steam car market was briskly evaporating, four brothers named Doble made one last effort to rekindle the technology, and the vehicles they eventually produced proved to be extraordinary machines.
		I think that the steam cars may already be on their way back… in the form of a hybrid.
	www.damninteresting.com /?p=669 (5969 words)

	Brow Steam Car Engine/Axle Mockup
		The first part of the steam car which I plan to build will be the pumps.
		The concept of a light, highly flexible "4-bar" automotive steam engine frame was pioneered by the Stanley Brothers, makers of the famous Stanley Steam Car (1897-1925), and was also used (in more rigid form) by Abner Doble in his famously powerful Model F steam car engines.
		Here is the rather modest first working part of my steam car, completed July 31st, 2003, being held by some unshaven character at wonderful Santos Cafe in the South Park village of San Diego.
	www.angelfire.com /space/peterbrow/mockup.html (1848 words)

	STANLEY STEAMER OF 1906 AND THE BRITISH STEAM POWERED LAND SPEED RECORD CAR CHALLENGE 2005.
		The British Steam Car Challenge was conceived with the twofold aim of breaking the land speed record for steam powered vehicles as well as creating excitement in the arena of alternate fuels.
		In 1999, the British Steam Car Challenge was launched with the twofold aim of breaking the land speed record for steam powered vehicles as well as creating some excitement in the arena of alternate fuels.
		The car, named Inspiration after the effect we hope it will have, is to be on loan to the National Motor Museum Trust at Beaulieu after the 200 MPH barrier has been broken.
	www.speedace.info /stanley_steamer.htm (986 words)

	Steam Car Challenge targets century-old speed record - gizmag Article
		The car is powered by a 300 bhp Curtis steam turbine and the team is now completing the high-tech boilers for the car, named Inspiration.
		The British Steam Car Challenge aims to set the first record at Verneuk Pan, a lake bed in South Africa's Northern Cape, in June 2007, before decamping to Bonneville Salt Flats USA, in August.
		In 1985, Bob Barber reached 145.607mph in a steam car but only made one run — to qualify as a world record the average speed of two runs in opposite directions is taken.
	www.gizmag.com /go/6412 (698 words)

	STEAM CITROËN
		In this case, a rotary steam distributor valve was chosen to start the engine in the proper direction and pass steam for a long stroke to provide good starting torque without changing gears.
		Bill Besler had emphatically stated that there is not enough frontal area on a car to put enough radiator to condense the steam from a steam car.
		This includes wiring, piping the steam run and rebuilding the engine steam exhaust manifold which was fabricated with soft solder by a plumber who could not believe that steam could get hot enough to melt soft solder.
	www.firedragon.com /~kap/SteamTopics/steamcar.html (2624 words)

	MR.STEAM CAR WASH
		This means, total reconditioning and restoring your car's exterior, as well as your car's interior.
		Steam is a revolutionary new car wash / detailing service powered by it's own STEAM CAR DETAILING technology and methodology.
		Steam offers full service hand car wash with express wax starting from $16.00, and full service "In and Out" with vacuum, express wax starting from $26.00.
	www.mrsteamcarwash.ca (137 words)

	British Steam Car Challenge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In 1906 a steam powered car built by the Stanley brothers of Newtown, Massachusetts, and driven by Fred Marriott, set a new world land speed record of 127.66 mph at Ormond Beach (now called Daytona Beach), Florida.
		Following the example set by the Stanley brothers, the record car will be light and streamlined but with the advantages of the most up-to-date materials and technology.
		The initial target is 150mph but the car is being designed for speeds of 200 mph or more.
	www.steamcar.co.uk (188 words)

	Car Steam Cleaning & Auto Detail - VaporLux®
		VaporLux® series of steam cleaners remove quickly dirt, debris and harmful substances.
		VaporLux® steam cleaners are safe to use anywhere.
		VaporLux® equipment has been thoroughly tested by some of the finest and most progressive car washes and detail shops in the country.
	www.vaporlux.com /car-cleaning-steam.htm (259 words)

	America on the Move \| Stanley steam car
		Stanley cars were entered in many auto races and held impressive records, including a world speed record set in 1906.
		In spite of their drawbacks—they were difficult to start and control and they could explode—sales of steam cars were steady, though modest.
		White and Locomobile began building internal-combustion cars, but the Stanley brothers kept tinkering with their steam cars, and their company turned out a small number of hand-crafted cars each year until the mid-1920s.
	americanhistory.si.edu /onthemove/collection/object_1330.html (467 words)

	Steam & Engine of Australia - Locomobile Steam Car
		Antonio Stabile wrote to me on September of 2001 describing a Locomobile steam car, I've reproduced his message and picture verbatim.
		Finish velocity: 35,40 Km/H It works in perfectly.The car was in exhibition in the Fangio's Museum.
		This menu is included for the blind to use with speaking software that may not be able to cope with the java based popup menu at the top of the screen.
	www.steamengine.com.au /steam/road/locomobile/index.html (280 words)

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