Peter Gariepy Posted April 23, 2004 Share Posted April 23, 2004 http://www.imss.fi.it/news/eautomobile.html<img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DeSoto Frank Posted April 25, 2004 Share Posted April 25, 2004 and I always thought that credit for the first auto went to Merlin, who invented "Ye Firste Ford" in the 1926 silent movie "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court".... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Crabby Posted April 25, 2004 Share Posted April 25, 2004 No, silly.You're thinking of Csestibius of Athens who invented the first car, the "autoperipatetikos" in 133 b.c. Only problem was the impossibility of refining olive oil to a high enough flashpoint, had to wait until the 19th century for that................................. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DeSoto Frank Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 And by then, better (?) applications had been found for the distillation process? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Crabby Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 That's purely speculative so don't get personal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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