ADAMS FARWELL (USA), 1905-1912
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The Roberts & Langworthy Iron Works, located at 57
South Main Street in Dubuque , were
manufacturers of "fine light castings" like grave crosses and park
benches. Eugene Adams invested in the company in June, 1883 when Roberts
decided to retire, and Adams took the position of a secretary and manager. A
change of the company name to Langworthy and Adams Iron
Works followed in 1885. When Langworthy retired in 1892, Eugene 's
brother Herbert bought his share and the company was re-organized as The Adams
Company, foundry and machine shop. Also about 1895, Farwell began
experimenting with an internal combustion engined automobile, for which he
conceived a horizontally mounted rotary engine with three cylinders. The
vertically standing crank shaft was fixed in the chassis. Farwell felt this configuration
was lighter than conventional engines as it used neither a flywheel — since the
spinning engine crankcase and cylinders acted as their own flywheel when
running — nor radiator, because of its air cooled design. Farwell completed the
first prototype in 1898. Basically a horse-drawn carriage, he mounted his
engine between the front wheels. This proved impractical, so his second car,
appropriately named number 2, had the engine installed in the rear as all
Adams-Farwells would thereafter. This car used bicycle wheels; the next had
wooden artillery wheels. Little is known about car number 4, which probably was
similar to number 3, and which was sold to a Dubuque
resident. Number 5 was shown at the Chicago Auto
Show in February 1905. Now, first orders were taken. With only minor
modifications, the car went into - very limited - production as the Model 6
20/25 hp. Referring to its engine, Adams-Farwell frequently used the
slogan: It spins like a top.
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