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Automobiles for people with disabilities

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  • Above, Johann (Hans) Hautsch of Nuremberg driving his horseless carriage said to have been powered by clockwork; below, Stephan Farfler, a disabled clockmaker of Altdorf, with two of the hand-powered cars that he devised and built to convey himself to church. Engraving, 1730.

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    Above, Johann (Hans) Hautsch of Nuremberg driving his horseless carriage said to have been powered by clockwork; below, Stephan Farfler, a disabled clockmaker of Altdorf, with two of the hand-powered cars that he devised and built to convey himself to church. Engraving, 1730.

    | Date: [1730] | Reference: 37008i
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    Events in the life of Walter Sewell. Photographs, ca. 193-/195-.

    Sewell, Walter, of Hatton, Derby, active approximately 1950. | Date: [between 1930 and 1939/between 1950 and 1959?] | Reference: 667841i
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    The UK's leading manufacturer of wheelchair passenger vehicles / Gowrings Mobility.

    Gowrings Mobility (Firm) | Date: [2004]

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