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Show AUTOMOBILE HAS A WING French Motor Car Is Driven in the Same Manner as an Aeroplane. A successful trial run was made recently re-cently from Paris to London, about 320 miles, by a motor car driven by a revolving wing, the Paris Figaro states. The vehicle, which was designed by M. Bertrand de Lesseps, and is called the "winged car," has the appearance 1 of an ordinary motor ear, save that in front it is shaped like tne prow of a ship. From the extremeity of the prow extends a shaft to which is attached the propeller or revolving wing invented by M. Filippi. The wing is small, strong and thick and revolves within a protecting cage. The engine is of 40 horse power and rotates the wing by shaft and chain transmission. There is no other mechanism, the wheels of the car being free, except for footbrakes. By the side of the driver is a single lever which controls con-trols the clutch and the forward and reverse movement of the wing. The wing can be reversed at a moment's notice, thereby forming an additional brake. In the trial runs a speed of 62 miles an hour was obtained with 2,100 revolutions of the wing a minute. min-ute. One curious feature was that the car made no dust. |