This Day in Auto History: 01 MAY

This Day in Auto History: 5.1.1883 Count Albert de Dion receives a patent for a steam generator, the first of 394 patents issued to him or to his company 5.1.1901 The first Pierce Motorette is completed 5.1.1914 A. H. M. J. Ward, an electrical engineer and brother-in-law of W. O. and H. M. Bentley, joins the board of Bentley and Bentley Ltd. 5.1.1917 The first Nelson is completed 5.1.1924 The Federal-Mogul Corporation is incorporated in Michigan as a merger of the Muzzy-Lyon Company and the Federal Bearing & Bushing Corporation

Source: Automobile History Day By Day, by Douglas A. Wick