Gearless Friction Drive

ID: 2411 ~ Source: “A Gallery of Images,” Lambert, Carol Jean. Something New under the Sun: the History of America's First Car. Merrimack Media, 2012, p. 148. ~ Date: 1906
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Gearless Friction Drive

Two perpendicular disks for smooth start and acceleration. Still used in automobile manufacturing today.

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By Anderson Public Library
John W. Lambert invented the first gasoline-powered automobile in 1891. His home on Hendricks Street, as well as the myriad of homes on historic West 8th Street, stand as the fruits of the labors of the owners of the numerous businesses (e.g.,…