Troisième Course d’automobiles, Paris-Marseille-Paris, Translation – La Nature – 7 November 1896
La Nature here brings more information on the Paris-Marseille-Paris race. Results for both A classes. The winner averaged just over 25 kmh on the entire distance. Most interesting is the diagram showing the times of arrivel over the complete distance., showing car # 6 and 8 were quickest. The first separation already took plave after […]
Troisième Course d’automobiles, Paris-Marseille-Paris – La Nature – 7 November 1896
La Nature here brings more information on the Paris-Marseille-Paris race. Results for both A classes. The winner averaged just over 25 kmh on the entire distance. Most interesting is the diagram showing the times of arrivel over the complete distance., showing car # 6 and 8 were quickest. The first separation already took plave after […]
La Course d’automobiles, Paris-Marseille-Paris – La Nature – 3 October 1896
An advance notification for the 1896 Paris-Marseille-Paris race, that was published àfter the race was completed, seems a bit out of timing. But for the popular scientific magazine La Nature, that wasn’t an issue, as they had many more to report on. Nontheless, contests of a new industry always could count on enough interest of […]
La Course d’automobiles, Paris-Marseille-Paris, Translation – La Nature – 3 October 1896
An advance notification for the 1896 Paris-Marseille-Paris race, that was published àfter the race was completed, seems a bit out of timing. But for the popular scientific magazine La Nature, that wasn’t an issue, as they had many more to report on. Nontheless, contests of a new industry always could count on enough interest of […]
La Course Paris-Marseille-Paris, Translation – Le Sport Universel Illustré -15 October 1896
Le Sport Universel Illustré was a sport magazine that principally wrote about equestrial events. Logical, as in those days, the only real motive power was the horse. In the issue, the Paris-Marseille-Paris race of September 1896, organised by the young Automobile Club de France is highlighted. It started in Versailles, took about four days and […]
La Course Paris-Marseille-Paris – Le Sport Universel Illustré -15 October 1896
Le Sport Universel Illustré was a sport magazine that principally wrote about equestrial events. Logical, as in those days, the only real motive power was the horse. In the issue, the Paris-Marseille-Paris race of September 1896, organised by the young Automobile Club de France is highlighted. It started in Versailles, took about four days and […]
Paris-Marseille-Paris, Part II – The Horseless Age – October 1896
The 1896 Paris-Marseille-Paris ran for 10 days, thereby covering some 1.700 kilometers of public roads. During the course, particpants also faced terrible weather that caused numerous crashes an breakdowns. This article in the new motor magazine The Horseless Age is one of the very long kind, taking 14 pages including twelve tables: one for each […]
Paris-Marseille-Paris, Part I – The Horseless Age – October 1896
The 1896 Paris-Marseille-Paris ran for 10 days, thereby covering some 1.700 kilometers of public roads. During the course, particpants also faced terrible weather that caused numerous crashes an breakdowns. This article in the new motor magazine The Horseless Age is one of the very long kind, taking 14 pages including twelve tables: one for each […]