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1 Duryea, Charles Edgar
[br]b. 15 December 1861 Cawton, Ohio, USAd. 28 September 1938 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA[br]American inventor and pioneer cur maker.[br]He began his career in the bicycle trade, in which he invented a number of devices. He launched his own business in Peoria, Illinois, and later moved to Springfield, Massachusetts. In 1891 he had designed a motor-driven carriage and a gas engine and, with his brother, J.Frank Duryea, he built the first successful American car, which was demonstrated in Springfield in September, 1893. An improved version, largely designed by Frank Duryea, won several races both at home and abroad in 1895–6. The Duryea Motor Wagon Company made the first sale of an American-made automobile in 1896. Charles later organized the Duryea Power Company, manufacturing a three-cylinder car until 1914, the brothers parting company in 1898. Frank developed the Stevens-Duryea between 1903 and 1914.[br]Further ReadingDictionary of American Biography, Vol. XI (Suppl. 2), New York: Charles Scribner.IMcN -
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(1861-1938) Дурие, Чарлз ЭдгарИзобретатель и промышленник. Начинал как владелец велосипедного завода. В 1886-91 экспериментировал с конструированием бензинового двигателя такого размера, чтобы его можно было использовать для самодвижущегося экипажа. Строил экипаж вместе с братом Фрэнком [Duryea, Frank]. В 1893 экипаж впервые проехал по улицам г. Спрингфилда, шт. Массачусетс. В 1895 Фрэнк совершил пробег из г. Чикаго в г. Эванстон на усовершенствованной модели - с четырехтактным двигателем с воздушным охлаждением, сцеплением и коробкой передач с тремя передними и задней скоростями, покрыв расстояние в 54 мили менее, чем за 8 часов. Компания "Дурие мотор вэгон" [Duryea Motor Wagon Co.] была создана в том же году, в 1896 продан первый автомобиль. Из-за разногласий между братьями фирма распалась в 1898, до 1914 оба производили автомобили по отдельностиEnglish-Russian dictionary of regional studies > Duryea, Charles Edgar
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авто"Дурие"Первый американский автомобиль с бензиновым двигателем внутреннего сгорания, построенный братьями Чарлзом и Фрэнком Дурие [ Duryea, Charles Edgar] в 1893 году. В 1896 этот автомобиль демонстрировался в цирке Барнума и Бейли [ Barnum and Bailey Circus] в качестве одного из основных номеров программы -
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See also: INDEX BY SUBJECT AREA[br]Austin, HerbertHamilton, Harold LeeIssigonis, Sir Alexander Arnold ConstantineMa JunMorris, William RichardSauerbrun, Charles de -
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See also: INDEX BY SUBJECT AREA[br]Austin, HerbertIssigonis, Sir Alexander Arnold ConstantineMorris, William Richard
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