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[[Image:LibertyBrushRunaboutEquipped.jpg|right|thumb|1912 Brush Runabout]] |
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'''Brush Motor Company''' based in [[Detroit]], Michigan, was founded by ''Alanson P. Brush'' who designed a light car with wooden chassis, friction drive and "underslung" coil springs in tension instead of compression. Power was provided by a large single-cylinder water-cooled engine. A feature of engines designed by Brush (who also designed the first [[Oakland]] car, ancestor of [[Pontiac]]) was that they ran counter-clockwise instead of the usual clockwise, which, in those days before the invention of the [[electric starter]], was intended to make them safer for a right-handed person to crank-start by hand. Many injuries were sustained, most often dislocated thumbs and broken forearms, if the hand crank kicked back on starting, especially if the car was not properly adjusted before starting, or the person cranking it did not follow correct safety procedures, including fully retarding the manual spark advance, keeping the thumb alongside the fingers instead of around the crank, and pulling the crank upward in a half turn, never in a full circle or pushing down. Honda automobile engines also run counterclockwise, but not for this reason. |
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'''Brush Motor Company''' based in [[Detroit]], Michigan, was founded by ''Alanson P. Brush'' who designed a light car with wooden chassis, friction drive and coil springs. The company formed part – beyond others – of the [[United States Motor Company]] from 1910 and failed in 1913. |
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The company was acquired by [[Benjamin Briscoe]] to form part – among others – of his [[United States Motor Company]] from 1910 and ended when that first attempt at a large multi-make combination failed in 1913. |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
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Revision as of 03:25, 2 November 2006
Brush Motor Company based in Detroit, Michigan, was founded by Alanson P. Brush who designed a light car with wooden chassis, friction drive and "underslung" coil springs in tension instead of compression. Power was provided by a large single-cylinder water-cooled engine. A feature of engines designed by Brush (who also designed the first Oakland car, ancestor of Pontiac) was that they ran counter-clockwise instead of the usual clockwise, which, in those days before the invention of the electric starter, was intended to make them safer for a right-handed person to crank-start by hand. Many injuries were sustained, most often dislocated thumbs and broken forearms, if the hand crank kicked back on starting, especially if the car was not properly adjusted before starting, or the person cranking it did not follow correct safety procedures, including fully retarding the manual spark advance, keeping the thumb alongside the fingers instead of around the crank, and pulling the crank upward in a half turn, never in a full circle or pushing down. Honda automobile engines also run counterclockwise, but not for this reason.
The company was acquired by Benjamin Briscoe to form part – among others – of his United States Motor Company from 1910 and ended when that first attempt at a large multi-make combination failed in 1913.
See also
- United States Motor Company
- Not to be confused with Brush Electric Company nor Brush Traction (United Kingdom company)
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