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History of air car

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  • the idea

    the idea
    Compressed Air Vehicles
    Dennis Papin came up with the idea of using compressed air in the RoyalSociety London, 1687.

  • The first compressed air vehicles recorded

    The first compressed air vehicles recorded
    The History of Compressed Air Vehicles
    The first recorded compressed-air vehicle was built in france by the Frenchmen Andraud and Tessie of Motay in 1838.

  • When it was tested

    When it was tested

    The History of Compressed Air Vehicles    It was tested on track at Chaillot on the 9th July 1840, and worked well, but the idea was not pursued further.

  • Make into a car

    Make into a car
    Air Car History
    in 1869 Charles B. Hodges created an air car that was commercially successful; hundreds were sold to the mining industry being the first person, not only to invent a car driven by a compressed air engine but also to have considerable commercial success with it.

  • The first time it was use

    The first time it was use

    The History of Compressed Air Vehicles    Mekarskiengine was used for street transit, it was a single-stage engine.
  • Period: to

    manufactured

    The History of Compressed Air Vehicles
    Numerous locomotives were manufactured, Mékarski system tram networks were also built in other towns in France like Vichy in 1895, Aix-les-Bains in1896, La Rochelle in 1899, and Saint-Quentin in 1901.
  • Period: to

    where it was

    The History of Compressed Air Vehicles
    Between 1890 and 1902 ten compressed air trams circulated in Bern, Switzerland.

  • used in over seas

    used in over seas
    The History of Compressed Air Vehicles
    In 1896, Porter supplied ten compressed air motor cars for the Eckington System in Washington, D.C. There was a tank on the front of the engine and it was recharged at the station.

  • transportation

    transportation
    The History of Compressed Air Vehicles
    first urban transport locomotive was not introduced until 1898, by Hoadley and Knight.
  • Period: to

    Convated

    The History of Compressed Air Vehicles
    Louis C. Kiser, a 77 year old from Decatur USA has succeeded in converting his gasoline engine into an air compressed system. Kiser removed the entire gasoline line, the cylinder head, water-cooling system, and self starter.

  • innovation

    innovation
    The History of Compressed Air Vehicles
    Lee Barton Williams of Pittsburg USA presented his invention: an automobile which, he claims, runs on air.

  • hybrid

    hybrid
    The first hybrid diesel and compressed air locomotive appeared in 1930, in Germany.

  • when twon invention was join together

    when twon invention was join together
    The History of Compressed Air Vehicles
    In 1934Johannes Wardenier announced he developed the world’s first fuel-less automobile.

  • Flying car

    Flying car
    The History of Compressed Air Vehicles
    Joseph P. Troyan designed an air-powered flywheel that could propel an automobile using the principle of "ratio amplification of motion in a closed system."

  • Air car in NASA & Army

    Air car in NASA & Army
    History of air power
    In the 1970’s Willard Truitt presented his invention in McKees Rocks, USA. But because he did not have the financial means to develop his compressed air car further he gave the rights of his invention to NASA and the US Army in 1982.

  • More car

    More car
    History of air power
    After noticing steam pumps in Texas refineries Russel R. Brown started thinking about air powered engine. Twenty years later, in 1974, his invention was finished and claimed that his engine could not only run on air but could also be its own source of power.

  • Italy

    Italy
    History of air power
    January 1975 driving on compressed air was proposed by Sorgato in Italy as a viable fuel-economy alternative to the electric car for industrial and urban use.

  • Truck and air

    Truck and air
    The History of Compressed Air Vehicles
    Ray Starbard from Vacaville, California developed a truck that is able to drive on compressed air. He felt that he had invented the power system of the future, a system that would greatly change the automotive face of the world.

  • Builting for money

    Builting for money
    History of air power
    Terry Miller decided that compressed air was the perfect medium for storing energy. He developed Air Car One, which he built for $ 1,500. Terry’s engines showed that it was feasible to manufacture a car that could run on compressed air.

  • present

    present
    The History of Compressed Air Vehicles
    Currently the tram association in Bern Switzerland (BTG) is developing a locomotive according to the original plans. It is expected to be ready in 2010.