The American was an Americanautomobile manufactured by the American Automobile Company of New York City in 1899. It was a so-called "hydro-carbon carriage" which could be started from the seat by its chain-and-sprocket gearing.
American George Brayton patented an internal-combustion engine that was displayed at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
For many years after the introduction of automobiles, three kinds of power sources were in common use: steam engines, gasoline engines, and electric motors.
Automobiles on both sides of the Atlantic were styled with gracious proportions, long hoods, and pontoon-shaped fenders.
In 2006, the automobile is recognized as one of the primary sources of world-wide air pollution and a cause of substantial noise pollution and adverse health effects.
The first Americanautomobile with a gasoline-powered internal combustion engine supposedly was designed in 1877 by George Baldwin Selden of Rochester, New York, who applied for a patent on an automobile in 1879.
One of the earliest recorded automobile fatalities was Mary Ward, on 1869-08-31 in Parsonstown, Ireland, an early victim in the United States was Henry Bliss on 1899-09-13 in New York City, NY.
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