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  1. 11-13-2014, 10:54 AM #1
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    This is the ONLY Adams-Farwell' automobile left in existence. They were made in Dubuque, Iowa between 1890-1913.

    The crankshaft is stationary, engine spins. It never caught on, but it’s fun to watch.

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    That's quite the engine. Amazing what those ole guys could do with the resources they had at hand in those days. I often wonder when seeing something like this, what they could have done with the technology we have today.
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    Thats really neat
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    Amazing!! Just when you thought you have heard of everything.
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    Several of the WW1 airplanes used rotary engines similar to this design . Saw them at an air show. Can't remember which show. I went to fly my models.

    Really NEAT!
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    Really neat, thanks for posting.
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    that is great
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    Unbelievably cool. Talk about "enginuity"!
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    That's cool, didn't think they did that in automobiles. Tough technology to keep it cooled. In WWI, Gnome, Clerget, and Bently rotary engines were used in aircraft. Oh course Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis made it famous after that. In WWII, the Hawker Sea Fury was the fastest piston-engine aircraft ever built. Thanks for the post.
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    I think this rotary and propeller plane rotary engines are two different things. The crankshaft on those plane engines were not stationary like this where the Pistons spin around it!
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