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Definition of Stanley steamer
1. Noun. A steam-powered automobile.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stanley Steamer
Literary usage of Stanley steamer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. My Personal Experiences in Equatorial Africa: As Medical Officer of the Emin by Thomas Heazle Parke (1891)
"... hippo—The stanley steamer—We reach Bolobo—My uncomfortable quarters on board
the Henry ... stanley steamer ..."
2. The History of the Church Missionary Society: Its Environment, Its Men and by Eugene Stock (1899)
"... Slaves ransomed—Women Missionaries in East Africa— Douglas Hooper's Plans and
Recruits—Bishop Tucker—Uganda a British Sphere—The stanley steamer—Baganda ..."
3. The Horseless Age (1904)
"The stanley steamer, driven by LS Ross, lowered the records for that class of
... The stanley steamer, which is of the "freak" variety in that it resembles ..."
4. What the War Teaches about Education: And Other Papers and Addresses by Ernest Carroll Moore (1919)
"Learning to drive a Packard car enables one to drive a stanley steamer, because
when we drive the steamer we are simply doing over again what we have ..."
5. Modern Engineering Practice: A Reference Library by American School (Chicago, Ill.) (1906)
"In the stanley steamer, the motor is geared direct to the rear axle, ... The light
weight of the stanley steamer, and also the Baker electric vehicle ..."
6. What the War Teaches about Education: And Other Papers and Addresses by Ernest Carroll Moore (1919)
"Learning to drive a Packard car enables one to drive a stanley steamer, because
when we drive the steamer we are simply doing over again what we have ..."
7. Cyclopedia of Modern Shop Practice: A Manual of Shop Practice, Pattern edited by Howard Monroe Raymond (1906)
"In the stanley steamer, the motor is geared direct to the rear axle, ... The light
weight of the stanley steamer, and also the Baker electric vehicle ..."
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