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[[Image:rotaryengine.gif|left|thumb|150px|Rotary engine designed by Fay Farwell.]]ROTARY ENGINE. Revolutionary advancement in automotive engineering. The [[ADAMS COMPANY]] built | [[Image:rotaryengine.gif|left|thumb|150px|Rotary engine designed by Fay Farwell.]]ROTARY ENGINE. Revolutionary advancement in automotive engineering. The [[ADAMS COMPANY]] built a successful rotary engine. The design was originated by [[FARWELL, Fay Oliver|Fay Oliver FARWELL]] in 1896. | ||
[[Image:smithsonian.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Photo courtesy: Smithsonian National Museum of Space and Science.]]Designed and built by the Adams Company of Dubuque, Iowa, in 1907, this engine powered three, man-lifting experimental helicopters. To of these helicopters were designed by Emile Berliner and flown in 1909 and 1910. The third was designed by J. Newton Williams and flown in 1909. | |||
The engine was extremely light, and was ideal for vertical flight experiments | |||
See: [[ADAMS-FARWELL AUTOMOBILES]] | |||
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Revision as of 04:02, 2 October 2009
ROTARY ENGINE. Revolutionary advancement in automotive engineering. The ADAMS COMPANY built a successful rotary engine. The design was originated by Fay Oliver FARWELL in 1896.
Designed and built by the Adams Company of Dubuque, Iowa, in 1907, this engine powered three, man-lifting experimental helicopters. To of these helicopters were designed by Emile Berliner and flown in 1909 and 1910. The third was designed by J. Newton Williams and flown in 1909.
The engine was extremely light, and was ideal for vertical flight experiments