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HOW YOUR HOBBY STARTED

By Carleton M. Mull,

 3904 - 47th Ave. S., Seattle, Washington 98118 CHAPTER XXXIII

Looking back at the history of the many gasoline engines appearing in the articles of this story, little has been said about the small engine that was first marketed by Fairbanks Morse.

Possibly, one of the reasons why the engine was not mentioned was due to the fact so little information about this machine reached the present day public. There were not many of this model in service. Not until recently, and to the writer's knowledge, no existing machine has been found.

When John Charter, the inventor of some of the gasoline engines, moved to join the Fairbanks Morse engineering staff at the Beloit plant, the first engine to be shipped in 1892 was known as Fairbanks-Charter engine. They were built in ratings of 2-1/2 to 75 HP and the engine resembled the Type "N".

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