America's First Successful Gasoline Automobile and the Father of the Gradual Transmission
Spouse(s)
Mary (Minnie) F. Kelley married 1885
Children
Alvin Ray and Ethel Mae
Parent(s)
George Lambert Anna Lambert parents from Pennsylvania
John William Lambert (January 29, 1860 – May 20, 1952) was an American automobile manufacturer pioneer and inventor. He is the inventor of the first practical American gasoline automobile. In 1891, he built a working gasoline automobile and took it on the streets of Ohio City for experimental drives.[1][2] He had over 600 patents.
Innovations and patents
1891: the first workable American gasoline car, made by John W. LambertLambert 1901 experimental automobileJohn Lambert and his brothers in 1902 in a Union AutomobileLambert 1907 automobile advertisement with the friction transmission featured in it.Lambert Automobile Company, 1908
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ab"John W. Lambert". Ohio History Central.
Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
^"John W. Lambert". Anderson Herald. Anderson, Indiana. May 22, 1952. p. 4.
Archived from the original on March 27, 2021. Retrieved December 15, 2020 – via
Newspapers.com.
America's First Successful Gasoline Automobile and the Father of the Gradual Transmission
Spouse(s)
Mary (Minnie) F. Kelley married 1885
Children
Alvin Ray and Ethel Mae
Parent(s)
George Lambert Anna Lambert parents from Pennsylvania
John William Lambert (January 29, 1860 – May 20, 1952) was an American automobile manufacturer pioneer and inventor. He is the inventor of the first practical American gasoline automobile. In 1891, he built a working gasoline automobile and took it on the streets of Ohio City for experimental drives.[1][2] He had over 600 patents.
Innovations and patents
1891: the first workable American gasoline car, made by John W. LambertLambert 1901 experimental automobileJohn Lambert and his brothers in 1902 in a Union AutomobileLambert 1907 automobile advertisement with the friction transmission featured in it.Lambert Automobile Company, 1908
^
ab"John W. Lambert". Ohio History Central.
Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
^"John W. Lambert". Anderson Herald. Anderson, Indiana. May 22, 1952. p. 4.
Archived from the original on March 27, 2021. Retrieved December 15, 2020 – via
Newspapers.com.