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Frank Ballou Stearns

Category: Person
Lifetime: 1879-1955
Description: Founder of Stearns which operated from 1900 to 1911, which then became Stearns-Knight with the addition of the Knight sleeve valve engine, from 1911 to 1929.
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DateArticleDetails
27 October 1907SIX-CYLINDER DIFFICULTIES.
While a few of the automobile manufacturers of the country are to-day building the six-cylinder car, there is grave doubt in the minds of the leading designers and engineers as to whether this new demand for cars of enormous power is not but a passing craze.
Commentary (text)
Publication: The New York Times
Byline: F.B. Stearns




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