Voitures Automobiles, Les Lauréats du Concours du „Petit Journal“, Translation – La Nature – 25 August 1894
In this second of two articles in the scientific magazine La Nature on the 1894 Concours, the journalist E. Hospitalier describes the vehicles that won in one of the difference categories. There were the gasoline-powered Panhard-Levassors, the Peugeots. The gasoline-powered cars of Vacheron (the only with a steering wheel instead of a steering tiller) and […]
Voitures Automobiles, Les Lauréats du Concours du „Petit Journal“ – La Nature – 25 August 1894
In this second of two articles in the scientific magazine La Nature on the 1894 Concours, the journalist E. Hospitalier describes the vehicles that won in one of the difference categories. There were the gasoline-powered Panhard-Levassors, the Peugeots. The gasoline-powered cars of Vacheron (the only with a steering wheel instead of a steering tiller) and […]
Voitures Automobiles, le Concours du „Petit Journal“ – La Nature – 28 July 1894
This article is the first of two in the scientific magazine La Nature on the 1894 Concours, as organized by the parisian magazine Le Petit Journal. The journalist E. Hospitallier describes several aspecst of this first ever concours. They are: organisation, prices to be awarded, schedules of preliminary trials. Then the different propulsion methods of […]
The Competition Organized by the Petit Journal – Scientific American – 6 October 1894
This Scientific American description, published a few months after the 1894 Paris-Rouen Trials, refers to a French article of E. Hospitalier in a July 1895 issue of „La Nature“. It shows a fine summary of some of the most signifcant carriages, of the trial. Text and fotos by courtesy of hathitrust.org, USA hathitrust.org, compiled by […]
La Première Course – Paris-Rouen, 1894 – La Vie au Grand Air – 29 June 1907
This article appeared in the 1907 French Grand Prix theme issue of La Vie au Grand Air. Here, Pierre Giffard (yes indeed, the one and only) the originator and organisor of the first ever course with the horselesses. He describes the 1894 Paris-Rouen; how he’s has got to the idea; how the organisation was and […]
Paris-Berlin-Automobile, Translation – Le Sport Universel Illustré – 6 July 1901
This second article in Le Sport Universel Illustré on the Paris-Berlin race begins with the notice, that the French government has banned open road races from then on, because of safety concerns. This was not all too wrong, as even in this race, a young boy was killed, despite the „abundance of precautions“ that were […]
Paris-Berlin-Automobile – Le Sport Universel Illustré – 6 July 1901
This second article in Le Sport Universel Illustré on the Paris-Berlin race begins with the notice, that the French government has banned open road races from then on, because of safety concerns. This was not all too wrong, as even in this race, a young boy was killed, despite the „abundance of precautions“ that were […]
Paris-Berlin-Automobile, Translation – Le Sport Universel Illustré – 29 June 1901
The French magazine Le Sport Universel Illustré mostly covered hippic. Since the coming of the „sans-chevaux“, more and more was written on vehicle events such as trials and City-to-City races over open roads. So, as with the 1901 Paris-Berlin race, consistting of two classes: „Touristes“ and „Vitesse“. The latter of course dealing with the shortest […]
Paris-Berlin-Automobile – Le Sport Universel Illustré – 29 June 1901
The French magazine Le Sport Universel Illustré mostly covered hippic. Since the coming of the „sans-chevaux“, more and more was written on vehicle events such as trials and City-to-City races over open roads. So, as with the 1901 Paris-Berlin race, consistting of two classes: „Touristes“ and „Vitesse“. The latter of course dealing with the shortest […]
La Course Paris-Berlin, Translation – L’Illustration – 6 July 1901
The magazine L’Illustration brought reports of very different events all over the world. This Paris-Berlin account was written by Abeniacar. Henri and Charles Abeniacar were two Italian brothers who worked for and cooperated with the L’Illustration magazine. This report not only summarizes the race, its progress and results, as well as some organisational procedures. Text […]