Re: Steam Vehicles
From: Bruce Sinclair (bruce.sinclair_at_NOSPAMagresearch.NOTco.NOTnz.retro.com)
Date: 07/25/04
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To: sci-space-science@moderators.isc.org Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 20:24:56 GMT
In article <QemMc.30808$9I.9963@okepread02>, "Richard Henry" <rphenry@home.com.retro.com> was seen to type:
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>"Rodney Kelp" <Rodneykelp605@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:dK2dndrIwuDrxp3cRVn-pQ@adelphia.com...
>> There were many steam vehicles in the teens to the twentys. Then along
>came
>> the internal combustion engine with the electric starter.
>> The steam cars were winning all the world land speed records at the time.
>A
>> 20 horsepower steam engine had 600 ft/lbs of torque!
>> They were going 200 miles per hour back then!.
>
>On what roads!?!?
Where there have been carts there are roads ... of a sort. Yes, roads
were awful ... but that was part of the "fun" of early motoring :)
Bruce
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