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December 22, 1905
The Kennewick Courier
Kennewick, Benton County, Washington
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French inventor Constantini demonstrates motor boots allowing 25 mph travel on Paris streets, resembling tiny automobiles on feet, powered by belt accumulators; plans Paris to St. Petersburg trip.
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AUTOMOBILES ON HIS FEET.
French Inventor Can Travel 25 Miles an Hour.
Parisians were startled recently by seeing a big booted man whizzing along Avenue Champs Elysee and Bois de Boulogne at the rate of 25 miles an hour. It was Constantini, inventor of motor boots, displaying his new footwear.
The boots resemble tiny automobiles, 15 inches long, fixed on high boots. Each has four rubber tired wheels, eight inches in diameter. Accumulators are carried in a belt. They transmit by wires one and one fourth horse power to each motor. The motors can be run at a speed ranging from six to 30 miles an hour. Each boot weighs 16 pounds, but as the feet are not lifted up the weight does not matter.
Constantini claims to have traveled several hundred miles with them. He intends to travel from Paris to St. Petersburg on them. When asked what happens if one motor started at the rate of six and the other at the rate of 30 miles an hour, he became diffident and declined to discuss the subject.
French Inventor Can Travel 25 Miles an Hour.
Parisians were startled recently by seeing a big booted man whizzing along Avenue Champs Elysee and Bois de Boulogne at the rate of 25 miles an hour. It was Constantini, inventor of motor boots, displaying his new footwear.
The boots resemble tiny automobiles, 15 inches long, fixed on high boots. Each has four rubber tired wheels, eight inches in diameter. Accumulators are carried in a belt. They transmit by wires one and one fourth horse power to each motor. The motors can be run at a speed ranging from six to 30 miles an hour. Each boot weighs 16 pounds, but as the feet are not lifted up the weight does not matter.
Constantini claims to have traveled several hundred miles with them. He intends to travel from Paris to St. Petersburg on them. When asked what happens if one motor started at the rate of six and the other at the rate of 30 miles an hour, he became diffident and declined to discuss the subject.
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Curiosity
Extraordinary Event
What themes does it cover?
Triumph
What keywords are associated?
Motor Boots
Invention
Constantini
Paris
St. Petersburg
What entities or persons were involved?
Constantini
Where did it happen?
Avenue Champs Elysee And Bois De Boulogne, Paris
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Constantini
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Avenue Champs Elysee And Bois De Boulogne, Paris
Event Date
Recently
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Constantini, inventor of motor boots resembling tiny automobiles fixed to high boots with wheels and motors powered by belt accumulators, demonstrates traveling at 25 miles per hour in Paris, claims hundreds of miles traveled, and plans journey from Paris to St. Petersburg.