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Show New Auto Embodies Airship Features tv Kr v7 - v - s r , . v - I ' i - - - - x A revolutionary new automobile, shaped like an airship and capable of greater speed as a sedan seating seven than as a stripped chassis, was recently demonstrated in London by its inventor, Sir Dennis Barney, designei and builder of the giant English airship 11-100. In appearance the "Burncj Streamline," as the new car is called, suggests the airship with low front, sloping windshield, crescent curved top and long, tapering end, extending far beyond the rear wheels. Another innovation is the engine at the rear, which eliminates noise, heat and funics while driving. Sir Dennis asserts that if the car could roach ISO miles an hour it would actually rise in the air, owing to its streamlining. It is a slraigiit eight, of 22 horse power and is capable of SO miles an hour. Smooth riding Is assured by having each wheel independently sprung. |