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Rotary [2]

1906-1906

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Rotary was the name attached to an unusual steam-powered automobile project developed in the United States in the early twentieth century. Its propulsion system combined a rotary steam engine, a flash boiler (which was not itself rotary), and a rotary burner, an arrangement invented by Edward C. Warren. The project was promoted by the Rotary Motor Car Company of America, which was incorporated in New York during the summer of…

United States · 1906-1906 · Steam car · Associated with Edward C. Warren

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