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Verne invents the Motor Home

From: NWolcott <nwolcott2~at~post.harvard.edu>
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 00:43:46 -0500
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Verne has been credited withf orseeingmany later inventions, but prior to the appearance of the automobile he foretold the "motor home" as those who have read the Steam House will recall...I do not remember seeing this noted anywhere.

Chap 1
"Now let us proceed. give your orders to your coach-builder and architect combined, who turns you out a perfect realization of the idea, and there you have your rolling house, answering in every way to your requirements, replete with every convenience and comfort; not so high as to make one fear a somersault, not so broad as to suggest the possibility of sticking in a narrow road; well hung-in short, perfection. "

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Received on Wed 15 Feb 2006 - 07:59:11 IST

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