Brown Brothers

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Quadricycle by Brown (1899)
Brown motorcycle (1909)

Brown was a British manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles .

Company history

The company Brown Brothers Limited began in 1899 in London with the production of automobiles. Their production ended in 1911. Motorcycles were made from 1902 to 1919.

vehicles

model construction time cylinder Cubic capacity cm³ Power hp
Tricycle and Quadricycle 1899-1901 1
2 ¼ HP 1901-1901 1
6 HP 1901-1904 1 813
8 HP 1902-1902 2 1399
7 HP 1904-1904 2 1272
8 HP 1904-1904 1 1140
8 HP 1904-1904 2 1305
8/10 HP 1904-1905 2 1570
12/14 HP 1904-1904 4th 2852
8 HP 1905-1905 2 1559
12/14 HP around 1905 4th 1810 14th
16 HP around 1905 4th 2799
18/20 HP 1905-1905 4th 3456
10/12 HP 1906-1910 2 2042
20/22 HP 1905-1905 4th 4084
20 HP 1905-1905 4th 4562
20 HP 1906-1910 4th 3770
24 HP 1906-1907 4th 5401
35 HP 1907-1911 6th 6126
40 HP 1907-1908 6th 7413
25/30 HP 1908-1910 4th 4084

In October 1917 a contract was signed with Brown Brothers to further develop the technology of hydraulic power transmission in tanks (here: Mark VII ). In July 1918 the prototype was ready. Its propulsion system was very complex. The motor drove the pumps via a variable speed gearbox, which in turn drove two Williams-Janney hydraulic motors. Each of the hydraulic motors drove an armored chain . Because of the obvious risk of overheating , there were plenty of fans, vents, and coolers. The control was simple and only possible in stages.

Three of the 74 copies ordered had been completed by the end of the war in 1918.

A vehicle of this brand occasionally competes in the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run .

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The great automobile encyclopedia. BLV, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-405-12974-5
  • GN Georgano : cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, 1975 (French)
  • David Culshaw, Peter Horrobin: The Complete Catalog of British Cars 1895-1975 . Veloce Publishing, Dorchester (1997), ISBN 1-874105-93-6 (English)

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