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Gobron-Brillié
Gobron-Brillié was an early French automobile manufactured from 1898 to 1930.P. Roberts (1973). ''A Picture History of the Automobile'', Ward Lock Ltd, London, UK. The original company, ''Societé des Moteurs Gobron-Brillié'', was founded by the French engineer, Eugène Brillié, and industrialist, Gustave Gobron, at 13, quai de Boulogne, Boulogne-sur-Seine, near Paris, in 1898. History Before 1898 Eugène Brillié studied at the École centrale des arts et manufactures, and then went on to work, from 1887 to 1898, at the Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Ouest. Meanwhile, Gustave Gobron (15 June 1846 to 27 September 1911) started as director of ''Godillot'', a supply company to the military, but took up politics, and was elected to the National Assembly, from 1885 to 1889, at which point he created a car manufacturing company, under his own name. The two men went into partnership, creating the ''Société des Moteurs Gobron-Brillié''. 1898–1903 Brillié had developed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1906 French Grand Prix
The 1906 Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France, commonly known as the 1906 French Grand Prix, was a motor race held on 26 and 27 June 1906, on closed public roads outside the city of Le Mans. The Grand Prix was organised by the Automobile Club de France (ACF) at the prompting of the French automobile industry as an alternative to the Gordon Bennett races, which limited each competing country's number of entries regardless of the size of its industry. France had the largest automobile industry in Europe at the time, and in an attempt to better reflect this the Grand Prix had no limit to the number of entries by any particular country. The ACF chose a circuit, composed primarily of dust roads sealed with tar, which would be lapped six times on both days by each competitor, a combined race distance of . Lasting for more than 12 hours overall, the race was won by Ferenc Szisz driving for the Renault team. FIAT driver Felice Nazzaro finished second, and Albert Clément was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opposed-piston Engine
An opposed-piston engine is a piston engine in which each cylinder has a piston at both ends, and no cylinder head. Petrol and diesel opposed-piston engines have been used mostly in large-scale applications such as ships, military tanks, and factories. Current manufacturers of opposed-piston engines include Fairbanks-Morse, Cummins and Achates Power. Design Compared to contemporary two-stroke engines, which used a conventional design of one piston per cylinder, the advantages of the opposed-piston engine have been recognized as: * Eliminating the cylinder head and valvetrain, which reduces weight, complexity, cost, heat loss, and friction loss of the engine. * Creating a uniflow-scavenged movement of gas through the combustion chamber, which avoided the drawbacks associated with the contemporary crossflow-scavenged designs (however later advancements have provided methods for achieving uniflow scavenging in conventional piston engine designs). * A reduced height of the e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugène Brillié
Auguste Eugène Brillié (1863-1940) was a French engineer, who invented the first French battle tank, the Schneider CA1. Biography Early years Brillié was born on 8 May 1863 in the 19th arrondissement of Paris. After his studies at the École Centrale Paris, he began his career from 1887 to 1898 at the Compagnie des Chemins de fer de l'Ouest. Cars ;Gobron-Brillié He joined with Gustave Gobron to create the Société des Moteurs Gobron-Brillié and to develop an opposed-piston engine he had invented. The Gobron-Brillié brand acquired a certain fame. It participated in the Paris–Madrid race of 1903, and set speed records, including that of being the first car to exceed 160 km/h (100 mph). In 1903 the UK agents for Gobron-Brillié were Botwood and Egerton. In 1905 the Gobron-Brillie British Motor Company was established. ;Eugène Brillié In 1903, Eugène Brillié ended his partnership with Gobron. He created the automobile company Eugène Brillié and had car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Duray
Arthur Duray (9 February 1882 – 11 February 1954) was born in New York City of Belgian parents and later became a French citizen. An early aviator, he held Belgian license #3. He is probably best known today for breaking the land speed record on three separate occasions between July, 1903 and March, 1904. Driver George Stewart legally changed his name to Leon Duray in tribute to fellow driver Arthur Duray. Indianapolis 500 results Other race results (probably incomplete): * 1904 Eliminatoires Françaises de la Coupe Internationale DNF Gobron-Brillié * 1904 Circuit des Ardennes 6th Darracq * 1904 Coppa Florio 5th Darracq * 1904 La Consuma Hillclimb 3rd Darracq 80 hp * 1905 Eliminatoires Françaises de la Coupe Internationale 3rd De Dietrich 24/28 (Vanderbilt qualifier) * 1905 Circuit des Ardennes 7th De Dietrich 24/28 * 1905 Coppa Florio 2nd Lorraine-Dietrich * 1905 Vanderbilt Cup DNF De Dietrich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1907 Targa Florio
The 1907 Targa Florio was a Grand Prix motor race held at Madonie on 22 April 1907. It was run over 3 laps of the 92.473 mile circuit, totaling 277.42 miles. Results {, class="wikitable" , - ! Pos !! No !! Driver !! Car !! Laps !! Time/Retired , - , 1 , , 20B , , Felice Nazzaro , , Fiat , , 3 , , 8h17m36.4s , - , 2 , , 20A , , Vincenzo Lancia , , Fiat , , 3 , , +11m53.0s , - , 3 , , 21B , , Maurice Fabry , , Itala , , 3 , , +15m11.2s , - , 4 , , 11A , , Arthur Duray , , Lorraine-Dietrich , , 3 , , +21m30.0s , - , 5 , , 21A , , Alessandro Cagno , , Itala , , 3 , , +21m39.8s , - , 6 , , 11B , , Fernand Gabriel , , Lorraine-Dietrich , , 3 , , +22m9.8s , - , 7 , , 7D , , Giuseppe Tamagni , , Isotta Fraschini , , 3 , , +24m9.2s , - , 8 , , 20C , , Aldo Weilschott , , Fiat , , 3 , , +25m16.0s , - , 9 , , 7C , , Marc Sorel , , Isotta Fraschini , , 3 , , +34m34.2s , - , 10 , , 7B , , Ferdinando Minoia , , Isotta Frasch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Rigolly
Louis Rigolly (1876 - 1958), a Frenchman, was the first man to drive a car at over . He set a record of on a beach at Ostend in Belgium on 21 July 1904, driving a 13.5 litre Gobron-Brillié racing car. He covered a 1 kilometre course in 21.6 seconds, beating Belgian Pierre de Caters mark of , set the previous May over the same 1 kilometre course in Ostend. The record stood for just three months. Rigolly also participated in early Grand Prix motor racing, winning the Light car class of the inaugural Circuit des Ardennes (motor racing), Circuit des Ardennes in 1902, driving a Gobron-Brillié. See also *Land speed record References Land speed record people 1876 births 1958 deaths {{France-autoracing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1907 French Grand Prix
The 1907 French Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor racing, Grand Prix motor race held at Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, Dieppe on 2 July 1907. The Race Thirty-eight cars set off at one-minute intervals to complete 10 laps of a circuit on a triangular circuit near the city of Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, Dieppe. The field was led away by Vincenzo Lancia, Vincenzo Lancia's Fiat. The race was run under a fuel consumption limit of . Louis Wagner (driver), Louis Wagner led the race for the first three laps. After Wagner retired on lap four, Arthur Duray took the lead. Duray set the fastest lap, with an average speed of , and led the race until his retirement on lap nine. Felice Nazzaro, Felice Nazzaro's Fiat led from this point until the finish, completing the race over six and a half minutes ahead of second placed Ferenc Szisz. Nazzaro's average speed was for the race. Death Albert Clément died in a crash during practice while driving his Clément-Bayard. His place in the race was taken by ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanceene
The Nanceene was a French automobile manufactured from 1900 until around 1903. The company built cars and trucks similar to the Gobron-Brillié Gobron-Brillié was an early French automobile manufactured from 1898 to 1930.P. Roberts (1973). ''A Picture History of the Automobile'', Ward Lock Ltd, London, UK. The original company, ''Societé des Moteurs Gobron-Brillié'', was founded by t .... References David Burgess Wise, ''The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles''. Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of France {{veteran-auto-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Circuit Des Ardennes (motor Racing)
The Circuit des Ardennes was an auto race held annually at the Circuit de Bastogne, Bastogne, from 1902 to 1907. It was the first major race to run on a closed course instead of from one city to another. The name was later used for a rally, part of the Dutch as well as the Belgian national rally championships. The first race, held in 1902, was organised by Baron Pierre de Crawhez, and was run over 6 laps of the circuit, with cars divided into three classes which ran simultaneously. The ''Heavy car'' class was won by Charles Jarrott in one of several Panhard 70s entered in the race, with victory in the ''Light car'' going to Louis Rigolly in a Gobron-Brillié, and in the ''Voiturette'' class to Jean-Marie Corre in a Corre. After the success in 1902, the race was run again in 1903 but with three separate races for the different classes. The Heavy car class ran on the morning of 22 June, with the Light car class in the afternoon, and the Voiturettes the following day on a separate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1907 Kaiser Preis
The 1907 Kaiserpreis was a Grand Prix motor race held at Taunus on 13–14 June 1907. Heat 1 References * {{refend Kaiserpreis Kaiserpreis The Kaiserpreis (german: Emperor's Prize) auto race, named after Emperor Wilhelm II, was held in 1907. Like his brother's Prinz-Heinrich-Fahrt held from 1908 to 1911, it was a precursor to the German Grand Prix. As Camille Jenatzy had won the Gordo ... Kaiserpreis Auto races in Germany ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dourdan
Dourdan () is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France. It is the capital of the historical region of Hurepoix. It is located in the metropolitan area of Paris. Geography Dourdan is located on the river Orge in the western Essonne. The town is surrounded by the Dourdan forest (''Forêt de Dourdan''). Climate Dourdan has a oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cfb''). The average annual temperature in Dourdan is . The average annual rainfall is with May as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around , and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Dourdan was on 25 July 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 8 January 2010. History The origin of the name comes credibly from "Dour" derived of the Celtic root "Dor" which means "water" or "river", the same origin as for the English city of Dover. The radical "dan" could have meant "hill". Dourdan (''Dordincum'') developed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laffrey
Laffrey () is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. It stands at the top of the Rampe de Laffrey, which is known for a large number of deadly automobile accidents. History Napoleon passed through the village on March 7, 1815, during his return from Elba at the beginning of the Hundred Days. At a site in Laffrey now known as the "field of the encounter" (''prairie de la Rencontre''), Napoleon and the handful of troops accompanying him were met by a battalion of soldiers of the royal 5th Regiment of the Line, who had come to arrest him. Leaving behind his men, Napoleon presented himself to the soldiers and declared, "If any of you will shoot his Emperor, here I am". The soldiers defected to his cause, crying ''Vive l'Empereur!'' ("Long live the Emperor!"). An equestrian statue of Napoleon by Emmanuel Frémiet, installed on the field in 1930, commemorates this event. Population See also * Communes of the Isère department * Rampe de Laffrey * Grand lac de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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