A man named Samuel Morey had an internal combustion engine running a ferry
boat across the Connecticut River near Hanover New Hampshire... in 1825...
it ran on turpentine or whisky... he did try to operate a wagon with his
engine but as he did not have the clutch thing worked out he blew out the
back of the barn and nearly killed himself... he stuck to boats... he has
patents signed by Washington and Jefferson...

Date:    Mon, 6 Nov 2000 15:46:48 +0100
From:    Robin Oomkes <robin.oomkes@SWIFT.COM>
Subject: Re: new Michelin x tires ( r or w?)

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Yeah right,

Just like the French still maintain that it was Peugeot who invented the
motor
car, and the Americans think it was Henry Ford, but the rest of the world
knows
it was Gottlieb Daimler and Carl Benz :-)

People in Holland know that Laurensz Coster of Haarlem was the first to
print
books, where the rest of the world mistakenly maintain it was Gutenberg...

But seriously, all I know is that Michelin themselves claim to be the
inventor
of the radial tyre. Who gave them the idea, I don't know...

Robin