WHITNEY, George Eli [1862-1963] -- American inventor (steam-driven car)
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a/k/a
Steam Man, TheFounder of the Whitney Motor Wagon Company, he designed and built a succession of steam-driven carriages, starting with, he believed, the first steam-driven car ever built.
Other inventions:
a bicycle hub brake,
an automatic coal furnace stoker,
a pressed asphault brick for street pavement,
a bottle-capper,
a hay-compressor.
Associated |
- Uncle: ¤WHITNEY, Amos [1832-1920] American engineer and inventor (machine tools), co-founder: Pratt & Whitney
- 5C2: ¤WHITNEY, Eli [1765-1825] American inventor (cotton gin, firearms)