Horsey Horseless

Patent diagram of Horsey Horseless

The Horsey Horseless was an early automobile invented in 1899 by Uriah Smith, a Seventh-day Adventist preacher in Battle Creek, Michigan.^[1] It contained a wooden horse head and neck attached to the front to make Horsey Horseless resemble a horse and carriage and therefore avoid frightening horses on the road. The horse head was hollow, also serving as the fuel tank. It is unknown whether or not Horsey Horseless was ever built. It was included in Time Magazine's 2007 list of "The 50 Worst Cars of All Time".^[2]

See also

• Skeuomorph, a derivative object that retains ornamental design cues from structures that were necessary in the original

References

1. Alex Davies (February 10, 2015). "Well That Didn't Work: The 1899 Car With a Full-Size Wooden Horse Head Stuck to the Front". Wired. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
2. "1899 Horsey Horseless". Time. 2007. Archived from the original on September 10, 2007. Retrieved December 8, 2008.

External links

• Bulen (January 25, 1957). "Horses and Cars" (PDF). Cass City Chronicle. Cass, MI. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 14, 2015.

• U.S. Patent number D 30,551 DESIGN FOR A VEHICLE-BODY