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Byron J. Carter
Dean Michael Nelson
其他書名
The Ingenious Inventor who Founded the Jackson Automobile and Cartercar Companies
出版Cyclorium Press, 2016
主題Business & Economics / Industries / Automobile IndustryHistory / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
ISBN06925764289780692576427
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=l0mcDAEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋This new hardcover book (320 pages, over 250 illustrations) is the first comprehensive biography of Byron J. Carter, a prominent, successful Michigan automobile pioneer, inventor, and entrepreneur, who established the Jackson Automobile Company in 1902 and the Motorcar (later ?Cartercar?) Company in 1904. Carter's printing and bicycle businesses, steam-powered yacht projects, extensive gasoline and steam horseless carriage experiments starting in the late 1890s, and his efforts to perfect the friction-drive automobile transmission are covered in detail. The accuracy of the folklore surrounding Carter's death at the age of 44 is also investigated (i.e., the tale that Carter's jaw was fractured while starting an automobile when the engine backfired causing the crank to strike him in the face, which in turn led to fatal pneumonia, and that upon hearing of Byron J. Carter's death, Cadillac Motor Car Company founder and Carter's friend, Henry M. Leland, pushed to develop the automobile electric self-starter to eliminate the hand-cranking danger). The text is thoroughly researched and relies on historical accounts, photographs, and other information generously provided by Byron J. Carter's descendants; prints of several glass negatives photographed by a Carter employee are also included. Many of the book's images have never been published before. Additionally, the book references national automotive journals of the day and contemporary newspaper accounts, public documents, and city directories, primarily from Jackson, Michigan, and Detroit, all of which provide greater detail about and pinpoint the specific timing of events in Carter's life and productive career.