The Evolution from Horse to Automobile: A Comparative International Study
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debates, horse versus motorcar

in civilian settings, 78–81, 83–84, 100–101, 106, 108–110

in military settings, 152–153, 161–167

del Pilar, Gregorio, 215

Delfino, Clodualdo (Clod), 230–231

Desert Fox (Erwin Rommel), 187–188

Dewar’s Scotch, 66, 68

diffusion. See also similarities

general theories on automotive, 10–12, 16–18, 20, 24, 28–31, 34, 38

of horseless carriages and commercial automobiles, 53, 133–135

of jeeps, 185, 196–197

of jeepneys, 214, 224–228, 230–234, 241–243

dilemmas

of early carriage makers, 85–86

on ideal cavalry car specifications, 169–173

disadvantages

of civilian motorcars and horseless carriages, 2, 57–72, 78–81

of horses, 30–32, 78

of loosing the horse, 80–81

of using commercial cars for military purposes, 162, 169–171, 174

domestication

defined, 37–38

of horseless carriages, 83–85, 112–113, 128–133

of jeeps, 212, 214, 226–234, 239–241

door-closers and hinge-pins, 36, 142n125

Dreyfus, Hubert L., 36–37, 40

drinking and driving, 66, 68

drivers and owners. See also automobiles, early adopters of; chauffeurs

affluent, 66–71, 77

auto calesa, 232, 237

cars dangerous to, 59–60, 71, 80

children, 101–103

clothing of early, 60–63, 128

early automobile, 103–107, 112–116

insane asylum for, 77

jeep, 181, 186–187, 190–191, 193–195

jeepney, 212–213, 235–241, 247n69

jockey-outfitted, 128

more work for automobile, 25, 80, 104–107

punishing reckless, 76–77

race car, 61, 71, 74, 115

reckless, 64, 74–78

training course for, 106–107

unrecognizable, 60–63

women, 25–30, 110–128, 253

driving education and schools

for chauffeurs, 76

humorous story on, 144n188

for jeep drivers in the cavalry, 182–185

teaching driving as similar to handling horses, 106–107

for women, 126

Duryea, Charles E., 2, 53–54, 57, 80, 83