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    Abner Doble (March 26, 1890 – July 16, 1961) was an American mechanical engineer who built and sold steam-powered automobiles as Doble Steam Cars. His...
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    Steam Car, and Doble Automobile, severally called a "Doble" because of their founding by Abner Doble. There were four Doble brothers: Abner, William, John...
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  • Doble may refer to: Abner Doble, proprietor of the Doble Steam Motor Corporation Rev. Gilbert Hunter Doble, hagiographer of Cornish Saints Sam Doble, rugby...
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    notably automatic boiler control along with rapid startup. In 1922, Abner Doble developed an electro-mechanical system that reacted simultaneously to...
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    Steam motor (section Doble)
    Sentinel-patent locomotives was by chain. Later designs, particularly those by Abner Doble, preferred spur gears. Gear drives required the steam motor to be mounted...
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  • Abner Dean (1910–1982), American cartoonist Abner Doble (1890–1961), American mechanical engineer who built and sold steam-powered automobiles Abner Doubleday...
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    included an alternative fuel steam engine, based on earlier designs by Abner Doble, or a two-stroke gasoline engine with a McCulloch/Paxton supercharger...
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    the only manufacturer to investigate steam cars was Paxton. Abner Doble developed the Doble Ultimax engine for the Paxton Phoenix steam car, built by the...
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    of boilers, which create steam by boiling water. In the early 1900s, Abner Doble introduced a steam-powered car in the United States which had capabilities...
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    serve as a link between the Embarcadero Freeway and the Central Freeway. Abner Doble (grandfather of the namesake who would go on to build steam-powered cars)...
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