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Bulletin September 2019

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Bulletin of the Veteran Car

Club of South Australia,

Inc. Vol. 14, No. 3 – September 2019

Chairman: Hamish McDonald 8556 2271 Public Officer: Dudley Pinnock 8379 2441 Treasurer: Tim Rettig 0419 845 394 Rallymaster: TBA

Committee: Julian McNeil 8272 8759 Peter Templer 0417 081 502 Andrew Hayes 0401 025 000 Ian Voysey 0432 454 942

Secretary: Peter Allen 8353 3438 Address for Correspondence: P.O.Box 193, Unley Business Centre, Unley 5061

Email: [email protected] Website: www.vccsa.org.au Website Coordinator: [email protected]

Bulletin editor: Frank Cord-Udy [email protected]

The Chair’s Report Weekend Adventure This coming weekend will see many of our club members heading to the Adelaide Hills in their veteran cars as we commence the spring season of motoring and hopefully say goodbye to the cold weather which is incompatible with our open top vehicles. Julian McNeil has planned a very exciting and full weekend of activities for us to enjoy, despite heading overseas and will miss all his hard work. Don’t let this put you off taking part, as we will be well supported and guided by Phil Keane, who will manage the Rally in his absence. There will be lots to see and do, and Julian has managed to pack in a little bit of everything to suit everyone’s tastes over the two days. I am certainly looking forward to this event, as it has been a few cold and quiet months since our amazing April weekend rally. 2020 – 2021 VCCSA schedule of events Your Committee has been discussing the events we hold or take part in supporting other like-minded clubs, and how we can better coordinate these activities. What we have achieved over the past couple of years working towards this has been successful, as we are now recognised as the premier veteran vehicle club in SA - being invited to support and take part in numerous events run by other clubs. Some of these events conflict with our signature club events and national TAVCCA rallies. As such, we have started reviewing the nature and timing of our events, as well as looking at creating a shared calendar with other clubs to coordinate our collective activities. At this stage, the VCCSA will continue to host our established and celebrated weekend rallies and Hill Climb along with some other enjoyable events like the annual dinner, but we will link in with other inter-club events where we can. This means we are considering swapping the State Rally from April to September/October to link in with vehicles travelling to and from the TAVCCA events in WA. As such, the PAYG weekend adventure will take place on the 4th of April incorporating the Gawler Run on the 5th of April. There will also be some other changes and these will be published in the year new once finalised with the other clubs.

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Building our Hill Climb event. Over the past few years our annual Norton Summit Hill Climb event, which builds on the legacy of the original 1904 event of the Automobile Club of South Australia has been challenged to engage the membership. Your committee is keen to develop this event and needs your support. Like in the early days – as seen in the photo from the SA History Trust of an early Hill Climb entrant - This year we are looking to award prizes for particicpants, and we will have various categories where entrants will complete against oneself in the timed event. Building on an idea from 2018, we will also offer vintage vehicle owners an opportunity to

take part following the veterans and will conclude at the Summit with an invitation to stay on for an early lunch at the Scenic Hotel. We are asking for registrations and expressions of interest for those interested to take part and will be joing us for the lunch. The Association of Veteran Car Clubs in Australia (TAVCCA) At the 2018 AGM in Forbes, the Delegates voted to establish a strategic directions committee to review and put forward some ideas that would help our movement become more sustainable moving forward. Many areas were covered with some positive recommendations covering: advocacy, communications, vehicle dating, some operational/constitutional changes, financial management and membership. The role of FIVA and our association’s link with this international organisation were re-examined. At the TAVCCA AGM in Bundaberg next month, these recommendations will be discussed and the outcome will be shared with members of the VCCSA in due course. VCCSA Facebook Have you checked out our VCCSA Facebook page recently? Currently, there are 96 followers and growing. When we launched this social media presence a year ago there were 23. Establishing a social media presence is an extension of our present global audience as served by our website. It is primarily there to engage the community in our events and activities and possibly attract some future members. You can view the facebook page here - https://www.facebook.com/Veteran-Car-Club-Of-South-Australia-VCCSA-305894646816748/ Membership Renewals This month’s Gathering indicates the end of the renewal period for VCCSA membership. If you have a vehicle in the Historic Registration Scheme through the VCCSA, all those named on the registration certificate MUST continue their membership and have renewed all logbook/s for the next financial year by the September Gathering. There is also a requirement of our Club Registrar to notify the Registrar of Motor Vehicles of any un-financial members who do not comply with the code. The Membership Secretary would like to remind those with outstanding memberships that these are now overdue and should be paid ASAP. Please note a membership renewal form MUST be returned as part of renewing your membership. I look forward to seeing you on our Weekend Rally. Happy veteran motoring. Hamish McDonald (Chair)


Meetings The Club holds informal gatherings at 8pm on the first Wednesday of each month, except January, at the Colonel Light Gardens RSL, Dorset Ave. Park behind on what was the bowling green, enter from Windsor Ave. Assemble at 7.30 for a pre-meeting chat. The only formal club meeting is the Annual General Meeting, held on the first Wednesday in July each year.

Wednesday 4th September – Highlights - National Motor Museum Presentation by Matthew Lombard from National Motor Museum, Birdwood on The Hartnett together with Peter Allen on the Gregoires

Wednesday 2nd October – London to Sydney Rally A DVD presentation of a running of this epic rally from the Historic Marathon Rally Group. Wednesday 6th November – Beaulieu Motor Museum and Rally Report Wrap-up A report from the famous Beaulieu Motor Museum and a wrap-up from the TAVCCA National Rally in Bargara & DU London to Brighton rally . Wednesday 4th December – Noggin ‘n Natter A chance to have a natter and a seasonal noggin with your fellow members. Taking advantage of the summer evening light, a veteran vehicle of interest will be on display in the RSL carpark from 7:30pm.


Upcoming Club events 7th-8th September Southern Weekend Adventure – Strathalbyn

Informal Club rally with a Route Map provided at the Saturday morning start from Blackwood Railway Station car park, an overnight stay in Strathalbyn with adventures planned for both days. Event Co-ordinator: Julian McNeil (overseas at present) Contact Event rally master: Phil Keane 0417 819 080

27th October Club Run with The Down Under London To Brighton Run hosted by The Vintage Sports Car Club of S.A. Inc. Please note the run departs London Road, Mile End at 10.00am. Entry form on the VCCSA website and entry enquiries to: Ian Loader (08) 8382 7243 or 0418 349 693 Rod Wood (08) 8382 2100 or 0419 806 552

10th November Norton Summit Hill-climb – Regularity. Meet at Tower Hotel Magill from 11.00am for a 11.30am departure up the hill. Times will be recorded under Regularity rules and prizes are on offer. We will be travelling up to Norton Summit then on to Scenic Hotel for lunch or if weather is too hot travel back down to the Maylands Hotel on Phillis Street, Maylands for a pub lunch. Open to all veteran and vintage vehicles (veteran vehicles will set off first). Event Co-ordinator: Ian Voysey 0432 454 942

8th December No Club Run during December

Upcoming Local & National Club events

30th Aug - 6th Sept The Horseless Carriage Club of America (HCCA) South-East Australia Region is holding a Veteran Tour for vehicles prior to Dec 31st 1915 in Bathurst NSW from 30th August to 6th September in 2019. Expressions of Interest – contact Russell Holden: 0422 219 911

17th– 23rd Sept TAVCCA National Veteran Vehicle Rally – Bargara (Bundaberg, QLD). EOI form available on the VCCSA website or from http://www.vccaq.com/ or Email: [email protected] for information.

29th Sept 2019 Bay to Birdwood Classic The 2019 Bay to Birdwood will be held Sunday 29 September. This year is the Bay to Birdwood Classic for classic and early modern motorcars, motorcycles and commercial vehicles manufactured between 1 January 1956 and 31 December 1986.

29th Sept – 5th Oct Model T Ford Annual Rally 2019, Maryborough, QLD. Maryborough is on the banks of the Mary River. For all enquiries and entry details visit the website www.mtog12.wix.com/mtog or email: [email protected] for an information pack.

1st – 7th April 2020 1 & 2 Cyl National Rally – Charleville, QLD in 2020 Hosted by the Veteran Car Club of Australia (QLD) Inc. For more information contact the 2020 National 1 & 2 Cylinder Rally Directors Graham Donges 0417 718 617 • Irene Donges 0419 751 324 The EOI and First Newsletter is available from the VCCSA website.


5th Oct 2020 5th Annual Gawler to Barossa Veteran & Vintage Run

The Gawler Veteran, Vintage & Classic Vehicle Club would like to invite you to participate in our fifth annual Gawler to Barossa Veteran & Vintage Run. Please direct any enquiries to… Entries: David Prest: 0438 112 266 Event Director: Geoff Boundy: 0437 689 973 Email: [email protected]

11th– 17rd Oct 2020 RACV National Veteran Vehicle Rally – Swan Hill, VIC The theme of Rural Edwardian Australiana will dominate the event. Contact Micheal & Claudia Holding 0407 008 895 or email [email protected] for the spiel [email protected] for the facts

Upcoming Swap Meet events

22st Sep Gawler Community Centre 6th Oct Balhannah (Motorcycles)

20th Oct Strathalbyn (36th Annual) 16th-17th Nov Bendigo

HISTORIC MOTOR VEHICLES CLUB 36TH ANNUAL

STRATHALBYN SWAP MEET

Strathalbyn Harness Racing Club (Milne Road 500 metres from West Tce/South Tce roundabout)

SUNDAY OCTOBER 20th, 2019

Gates Open 5.30 am SELLERS

6.30 am BUYERS

Catering for motoring enthusiasts of all ages with automobilia, spare parts, books, collectibles and much more.

Sellers Site Fee $15, includes entry for 2 people (Site area a car and

trailer length – larger area costs extra). Extra Adult $5, Children Free.

Camping Site $5 extra (Gates open for camping 2 pm to 9 pm)

Undercover Sites $30, Prepaid Bookings, Dean 85521042

BUYERS ADMISSION $5, CHILDREN FREE

Car parking free in complex plus street parking, Show and Shine, Parts Pick up available, P/A system for buy, sell,

swap, Food and drinks—fully catered.

Further Inquiries Malcolm 0488 528 331 Deidre 0422 078 127 Dean 85521042

Gawler Mega Swap MeetShow & Shine

Limited to 50 Entrants only

People Choice prizes, awarded

Total prizes to be won to the value of S600.00

1st Prize winner will also receive a painting of the winning vehiclepainted by our very own artist Bruce Williams value SS priceless

Gawler ShowgroundsNixon Tce. Gawler S.A.

Sunday 22nd September 2019Gates Open 6am

Must pre- register and pay entry fee by Friday 13th SeptemberEntry S20.00 vehicle and Driver

Car must be pre 1.989 has to be registered and driven into the eventFor more information and entry forms contact Lorraine PH O4O7 977 306 ot

Email [email protected]

Gawler Veteran, Vintage and Classic Vehicle ClubPresents

Conditions apply

General admission $5 per person(Children under 16 Free)

Food and drinks available on site

For General info: www,gawlercarclub,com


Notices CONDITIONAL HISTORIC REGISTRATION The time of year has come when if you have not renewed your membership or paid your yearly subscription to the Club you are an unfinancial member of the VCCSA. If you have a vehicle on Conditional Historic Registration through this Club it is a condition that you must remain a financial member of the Club. If you become unfinancial your vehicle is no longer registered as you have breached a condition of the Conditional Registration Scheme. Apart from your vehicle being unregistered, which will be expensive if you continue to drive it, this Club is also obliged to officially write to the Registrar of Motor vehicles dobbing you in as not having paid your subs and therefore being unregistered should you continue to drive your vehicle while unfinancial. If you think you can remove the evidence of driving offences by not recording your trips in the Log Book, as you are required to do so, that is an additional offence which will also cost you lots of money. In short it is much easier to make sure that you have paid your subs and that your Log Book has been stamped as is required each year. Should you have any enquiries about your status it is better to check with Club officers before incurring unnecessary expenses. Arthur Clisby Memorial Picnic Sunday 15th September at Wirrina Oval Wirrina Cove Holiday Park Paradise Road Wirrinna Cove Reminder to club members who wish to attend. Brian Phone: 0400 826 969 Email: [email protected] Other Club’s Publications Many clubs provide electronic versions of their publications and the following Australian Motoring Organisations have provided us with a link to their publication during the last month:

• Veteran Torque August 2019 - Veteran Car Club of Australia (Queensland) Inc. https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/48f9f5_6600f063031841469d9ec4319a5517f7.pdf

• The Vintage Car Club of Queensland Inc. http://www.vccq.club

• Historic Motor Vehicles Club Inc. (Fleurieu Peninsular S.A.) http://www.hmvc.org.au/category/magazine/

• Retroautos August 2019 issue via Shannons Club: https://www.shannons.com.au/club/news/retroautos/all/

• Veteran Car Club of WA – Early Auto August 2019 http://www.veterancarclubofwa.asn.au/EarlyAuto/2019AugEA.pdf

• Southland Branch Invercargill - Vintage Car Club of NZ Inc. Rumour Magazine July 2019 www.sporty.co.nz/southlandvintagecar

• Veteran Car Club of Australia(Vic) Inc. - Brass Notes September 2019 http://cdn-au.mailsnd.com/51814/Lr-xZGlbsa-T8rfdUA18ustAInUJMGuDrEL17kAKqUE/2916815.pdf

• Veteran and Vintage Car Club of Australia – ACT - The Edwardian August 2019 http://vccsa.org.au/new-site/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/The-Edwardian-August-2019.pdf

• The Chrevrolet Club of WA Inc. The Chevroletter - September 2019 http://vccsa.org.au/new-site/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Chevroletter-September-2019.pdf


For Sale/Wanted Restored Dietz Carbide Gas Generator $1300 ono 1913 L/H Front wheel $60 ono 1913 Drum Flat Dash Stewart Speedo $350 ono – several available 1913-14 Stewart Needle Type Speedo $350 ono – several available 1913-14 Stewart Needle Type Speedo (no milage counter) $350 ono – several available 1911-14 Stewart Brass Dash Swivel Brackets $100 ono – several available 1911-14 Stewart Dash Speedo Brackets $60 ono – several available Contact: Greg Mahon Ph: 8384 4538 For Sale - Veteran ‘T’ Ford parts - Front axle - Ring gear - Transmission parts - Flywheels with magnet - Hand brake parts - Spindle body - Spindle arm - Camshaft Contact: Ian Voysey Ph: 0432 454 942 For Sale: 3 steel Sankey beaded-edged wheels, Per drawing and photos attached. $300. Contact: John Prentice ph 0408 476 644

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A late member and his particular interests - Kevin Browning 1940-2019 It is sad to announce the passing of our late member Kevin Browning who spent all of his life at Agery located 17 km south east of Moonta near the “top” of Yorke Peninsula (“YP”). While we all know our friends and fellow enthusiasts largely from the particular aspect of their veteran car interests and projects, much more was learnt from attending his memorial service held at Moonta on YP in mid August. It can be truly stated that Kevin made the most of life and his was a very well used lifespan, deeply rooted in family, farming, a love of engineering and old cars, Talbots in particular. While he gave the outward appearance of an indestructible farmer, he was clearly highly regarded by his community for innovative and successful farming practices and solving farm type and engineering problems. While it is customary to offer condolences and sympathy at such times, there is also good argument that his wife Rosemary and his family were actually correct to call it a service of thanksgiving, as Kevin had lived a very busy and positive life. Kevin Browning was not the sort of person who would have been comfortable with an article “about him” so for that reason I have attempted to show the history that connected him and his Talbot interest and also at the same time record some SA motoring history. He was not just “a farmer” but it went deeper and to use a modern term he was well “connected to his country” in more than one sense. He, and also his wife Rosemary, both had a deep love of history in many forms. As a young person growing up on YP, and with his mechanical interests, he would surely have seen the rusting remains of the various Heinrich family Talbots on YP and clearly in his mind he resolved to put one back together one day, to preserve some of the history of his area. He then began to enthusiastically collect all things and parts Talbot with a view to seeing one of the Heinrich cars, a 15hp DB Talbot go again. A Clement Talbot dashboard plaque was one of the items on a table of memories at his memorial service. Areas of YP are good farming country and as the early car salesman S A Cheney discovered in the early 1900s they were also fertile grounds for selling the newfangled automobile. Cheney as a salesman for Duncan and Fraser sold curved dash Oldsmobiles and later Argylls and T Fords into the areas and in 1907 he organised a promotional event and tour of Argyll owners at which he assembled 34 Argyll vehicles and two other cars. As a result of that promotional tour Duncan and Fraser sold seven Argylls in one day at the event. The early foundations for veteran cars and motoring were well laid on YP a long time before Kevin ever arrived. Kevin’s ancestors had settled at Agery in the very late 1870s. They were not the first settlers on YP as copper had been discovered at Moonta in 1861 and Cornish immigrants had moved in to take up the copper triangle. The nearby area was surveyed for settlement in the mid 1870s and further south near Maitland an area had been settled by Lutheran migrants who had arrived at Hahndorf and then overflowed to the Barossa Valley and then on to Yorke Peninsula. By 1878 the Lutherans, of which there were three different orders, had constructed St John’s church at Kilkerran (south of Maitland YP) which was used as both a church and a school until a school was later constructed. Having come from a background of religious persecution, it is an example for modern times that the three different groups


were able to compromise and hold their different services in the one church until other Lutheran churches could be built. As in the Barossa Valley, the German language kept on, primarily because it was an established principle that Luther’s works and teachings could only be taught in the German language. At Kilkerran (named after the Scottish homeplace of the SA governor Sir James Ferguson) the Heinrich family, originally from Seiffersdorf in Saxony, settled in well to farming life on Yorke Peninsula. The family worked hard and prospered in their new homeland. One presumes that the crops must have yielded well in 1908 for in 1909 some veteran car folklore took place in South Australia. Vivian Lewis in Adelaide was the agent for Clement Talbot cars and they had been a quality brand for the company which gained their supplies through Tozer Kemsley and Fisher the UK export agents. Lewis’s had been predominantly selling the 15hp Model DB a 3 litre T head 4 cylinder in 1908 and 1909, however the new Model 12hp 4A had become available in mid 1909. The new model 4A, while smaller at 12hp, offered a similar level of performance at a considerably reduced cost. The Heinrich family history proudly relates how members of the Heinrich family between July and October 1909 acquired five new Talbot motor cars from Lewis for the price of four vehicles. This must have been regarded far and wide as an astute and keenly negotiated deal. Details are recorded in the registration records: Reg No 586 went to C.F.G Heinrich Kilkerran July 1909 Reg No 741 H.A.Heinrich Maitland Sept 1909 Reg No 749 C.H.Clasholm Kilkerran Sept 1909 Reg No 763 E.G. Heinrich South Kilkerran Oct 1909 Reg No 765 F.W.G. Heinrich Bute Oct 1909

The only evidence remaining is a photograph which we know is of F.W.G. “Wally” Heinrich in his new Talbot, the photo being taken in the Botanic Gardens, a favourite area where photographers could work undisturbed. Wally’s Talbot still has an external oil tank hanging alongside the frame behind the acetylene generator but it appears to have the higher radiator of the new 4A and this provides the clue as to how Lewis’s were able to cut the price so significantly to do the deal. I suspect that the “job lot sale” allowed them to clear the decks of

the old stock T head model 15hp DB Talbots and at the time throw in a new 12hp Model 4A which was a more advanced design (but at a significantly cheaper price). The fact that Kevin did not quite complete the restoration of his Talbot may be sad, but not when one considers all the other areas, in which he was industrious and participated in and made a contribution. Given the tasks of looking after and raising a family, farming, and the other activities, including giving back to his community, he only got around to veteran cars late in life. Being Kevin however, he had thought that through and in fact he had a back-up plan and of his five sons (who also share their father’s mechanical skills) two have already informed us that the task will be completed and that, as Kevin intended, one of the Heinrich Talbots will again travel the roads of YP.


Snow at Mount Lofty in August 1905 Photo: Sourced with thanks from the SA State Library PRG 733/433 Featured in: The SCC’s South Australian Motoring History books, Volume 1, page 6, 1928. Research: David Chantrell & Terry Parker

“There is some mystery about the make of the car seen here in the snow at mount lofty in August 1905.

It is believed the that it is a Simms-Welbeck, imported by C.W. Wittber who is standing behind the front of the car.

More certain is it that Mrs. APE O’Leary is at the wheel, Mr. E. Kyffin Thomas in cap at right and Mr. Eldin Moulden in the bowler hat.

During 1928 this photo was reproduced in “The South Australian Motor” and the car was described as a “Botieau De Dion”’, but there does not appear to have been a make

of this name.”

Footnote: Terry Parker confirmed that beneath the snow is a Botiaux De Dion, and he has found an ad for it when for sale, circa 1905.


Aerial Steam Carriage - 1842 Courtesy of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The aerial steam carriage, also named Ariel, was a flying machine patented in 1842 that was supposed to carry passengers into the air. It was, in practice, incapable of flight since it had insufficient power from its heavy steam engine to fly. A more successful model was built in 1848 which was able to fly for small distances within a hangar. The aerial steam carriage was significant because it was a transition from glider experimentation to powered flight experimentation. Specifications Patent drawing for the Henson Aerial Steam Carriage of 1843.

The Ariel was to be a monoplane with a wing span of 150 feet (46 m), weigh 3,000 lb (1,400 kg) and was to be powered by a specially-designed lightweight steam powered engine producing 50 hp (37 kW). The wing area was to be 4,500 sq ft (420 m2)., with the tail another 1500, yielding a very low wing loading. The inventors hoped that the Ariel would achieve a speed of 50 mph, and carry 10–12 passengers up to 1,000 miles (1,600 km). The plan was to launch it from an inclined ramp. The undercarriage was a 3-wheel design.

Aerial Transit Company William Samuel Henson, John Stringfellow, Frederick Marriott, and D.E. Colombine, incorporated as the "Aerial Transit Company" in 1843 in England, with the intention of raising money to construct the flying machine. Henson built a scale model of his design, which made one tentative steam powered "hop" as it lifted or bounced, off its guide wire. Attempts were made to fly the small model, and a larger model with a 20-foot (6.1 m) wing span, between 1844 and 1847, without success. The company planned "to convey letters, goods and passengers from place to place through the air", according to the patent. In an attempt to gain investors and support in Parliament, the company engaged in a major publicity campaign using images of the Ariel in exotic locales, but the company failed to gain the needed investment. There was speculation in the press about whether the Ariel was a hoax or fraud. Stringfellow's son wrote the following: My father had constructed another small model which was finished early in 1848, and having the loan of a long room in a disused lace factory, early in June the small model was moved there for experiments. The room was about 22 yards (20 m) long and from 10 to 12 feet (3.7 m) high. The inclined wire for starting the machine occupied less than half the length of the room and left space at the end for the machine to clear the floor. In the first experiment the tail was set at too high an angle, and the machine rose too rapidly on leaving the wire. After going a few yards it slid back as if coming down an inclined plane, at such an angle that the point of the tail struck the ground and was broken. The tail was repaired and set at a smaller angle. The steam was again got up, and the machine started down the wire, and, upon reaching the point of self-detachment, it gradually rose until it reached the farther end of the room, striking a hole in the canvas placed to stop it. In experiments the machine flew well, when rising as much as one in seven. The late Reverend J. Riste, Esquire, lace manufacturer, Northcote Spicer, Esquire, J. Toms, Esquire, and others witnessed experiments. Mister Marriatt, late of


the San Francisco News Letter brought down from London Mister Ellis, the then leasee of Cremorne Gardens, Mister Partridge, and Lieutenant Gale, the aeronaut, to witness experiments. Mister Ellis offered to construct a covered way at Cremorne for experiments. Mr Stringfellow repaired to Cremorne, but not much better accommodations than he had at home were provided, owing to unfulfilled engagement as to room. Mister Stringfellow was preparing for departure when a party of gentlemen unconnected with the Gardens begged to see an experiment, and finding them able to appreciate his endeavours, he got up steam and started the model down the wire. When it arrived at the spot where it should leave the wire it appeared to meet with some obstruction, and threatened to come to the ground, but it soon recovered itself and darted off in as fair a flight as it was possible to make at a distance of about 40 yards (37 m), where it was stopped by the canvas. Having now demonstrated the practicability of making a steam-engine fly, and finding nothing but a pecuniary loss and little honour, this experimenter rested for a long time, satisfied with what he had effected. The subject, however, had to him special charms, and he still contemplated the renewal of his experiments. Ariel depictions and references

• The Ariel appears on a number of stamps from different countries, usually as part of aviation history series.

• A 1960s London hotel named "The Ariel", which specialized in accommodations for air travellers, is a reference to Henson & Stringfellow's design, and had one of the prints of the Aerial Steam Carriage over its mantel.

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Scientific American, 23 September 1848 describing the aircraft's display at Cremorne

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