The Autocar Volume 1 ; a journal published in the interests of the mechanically propelled road carriage

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 Excerpt: ...two carriages only, up to now, ciaving been seen making any sort of a demonstration in the grounds, so that, at present at any r;lle the whole show, from an autocar point ot-view, must be written down a failure. of Messrs. MJVsS.UGURAE BANQUET OE THE MOTOR CAR CLUB AT THE IMPERIAL INSTITUTE., On Friday week the inaugural dinner i Motor Car Club, which, we may note, now numbers some three hundred members, was lield at L mperial Institute, being attended by a lar8e company. During the afternoon a private view ind display of motor carriages took Pfa' ar»rf with a vifw to enahlimr mpmV-»#rS 0' l, the ged with a view to enabling memt»ers' rlouse of Lords, who are now discussing roposed amendment in the law relatira arriages, to judge of the merits and c if the different types of motor carriages ycles which will be on view at th institute during the exhibition which for o-morrow, IV1 ay gth. The example to motor pabilities md motor Imperial-ally opens,avebee"0"StitUtln a f«U list of all ttS i eve? promised for exhibition, b»u.t vhich are £ztifC" a state of preparedness as to ustily their being shown publicly,were sufficiently itative to show the advances-wvrlnich have "-rriages at eady perwhich are een made m the different types of.resent invented, and that they art scted. Amongst the principal of th«_ teing practically displayed by M r _ Harry J-awson and the Motor Car Club are ycle by the fi rm of De IDion & Bout emonstrated tjy the Comte De Dion person J motor-bicycle by Messrs. J_ vncan and demonstrated by-TtVx x. Duncan rbie, of Paris, two oil motor earn; by the the »nd nt be-"fT 'Egress v.o by the word g of They were drinking to progress, and jjcVe v,aS made during the last few years was i...