Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Automobiles were still in their relative infancy in 1905, but they had been growing more popular for years. There was a problem, ...

Built in Chicago between 1906 and 1909, Silent Knight automobiles were powered by Charles Knight's four-cylinder, 40-horsepower, sleeve-valve engine. These automobiles had weak points, but the engine ...

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...