The phrase
"horseless carriage" refers to a vehicle that can move without the need for a horse to pull it. It is often used to describe the early automobiles that replaced the traditional horse-drawn carriages during the invention of cars.
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Which is why this year's event included classes for, among other cars, Offenhauser - powered racers, Duesenbergs, the race cars of Jochen Mass, two varieties
of horseless carriages, Packard concept cars, and beach cars.
Automobiles have played a huge part in American history, but the rise of the gasoline -
powered horseless carriage was not preordained; they evolved in response to a specific set of circumstances.
The mid-engine sports car's failings in everyday life remind me of some creaky
horseless carriage from Britain of the 1890s, as if I need to be guided at 5 mph by a guy with a red emergency lantern every time I turn into a parking lot.»
This is superbly foreshadowed in the «winter outing» sequence (filmed in an L.A. icehouse) in which George's two - horse sleigh is abandoned in favor of Eugene's
clunky horseless carriage.
The mishap occurred in Ohio City, Ohio, when Lambert's one -
cylinder horseless carriage struck a tree root and veered into a hitching post.
Automobiles have played a huge part in American history, but the rise of the gasoline -
powered horseless carriage was not preordained.
The best part is that they will do to pesky, dangerous human drivers what
the horseless carriage did to the horse and buggy: banish them from the roads.
Science didn't civilize anything, it made bombs, and
horseless carriages that are killing us, yet it can not find a solution to the problem it created.
A true «
Horseless Carriage,» this McIntyre Model M high wheel runabout is believed to be the only restored example of its type in existence.
and sent their most famous member, hip hop mogul Russell Simmons, to City Hall to show off the «
horseless carriage» they hoped would replace the old carts.
First there was
the horseless carriage, now the driverless car.
Horseless carriages were originally associated with wealthy dandies in goggles and scarves — men too weak to wrestle a wild beast to their transportation needs.
The horseless carriages that run along roads and railways are all powered by electricity from banks of gas batteries.
If we instead fire up
our horseless carriage — the Prius in the driveway — does that mean that we have put some poor blacksmith out of work?
In the beginning, there was
the horseless carriage, and early engineers used steam and electric to power the embryonic automobile.
When I read posts like Andy Bukhardt's about
the horseless carriage vs. the ebook, I wonder if reading online in the future will not resemble in any way what we do and use for it today.
The horseless carriage was just arriving in San Francisco, and its debut was turning into one of those colorfully unmitigated disasters that bring misery to everyone but historians.
And I think in the short term we are still going to be looking at books as
horseless carriages.
I'm guessing «electronic paper» and «e-ink» are both going to sound a lot like «
horseless carriage» in 20 years.
Right now, what I'm looking for in an ebook IS a «
horseless carriage»: something as much like reading a print book as possible, plus the advantages of getting books without leaving the house, carrying around lots of books without lots of weight, etc..
That's why the first cars were called «
horseless carriages.»
On Aug. 25, the paper reported on the advent of «
a horseless carriage» that can travel 20 miles per hour.
Sometimes, the best information comes straight from
the horseless carriage - owner's mouth.
Forget
the horseless carriage.
will be about as useful as a man with a red flag walking in front of
a horseless carriage.
People used to laugh at
the horseless carriage when it was first introduced.
It seems that unusually small cars were around, even back in the early days of
the horseless carriage.
That's why the first cars were called «
horseless carriages.»
A problem for too many is that the «driverless car» is as scary as the «
horseless carriage» would have been in its day.
His 1879 application covered not just the engine (which he had based on someone else's design); he also patented a broad plan for its use in a four - wheeled «
horseless carriage.»
AAA is synonymous with driving in America because the organization has been around for nearly as long as
the horseless carriage — or, as you probably better know it, the car.
With the invention of
horseless carriages (motorized vehicles), most people needed chauffeurs to drive these complicated machines.
At 20» 45» he explains permissioned blockchains like R3's Corda, which he compared to «
a horseless carriage with a horse.»
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