LOG OF A 15-20 H.-P. CAR FROM MARCH 24 TO APRIL 25, 1909.
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1st Day. 2nd Day. 3rd Day. 4th Day. 5th Day. 6th Day. 7th Day. 8th Day. 9th Day. 10th Day. 11th Day. 12th Day. 13th Day. 14th Day.
Place of departure Havre Rouen Chartres BeaugencyAmboiseLochesCouhé-Vérac Bergerac About BiarritzBiarritzPamplonaBiarritz Pau St. Girons
Place of arrival Rouen ChartresBeaugency Amboise Loches Couhé-Vérac Bergerac Biarritz About BiarritzPamplonaBiarritz Pau St. Girons Carcassonne
Daily mileage 60 71½ 61 58½ 56½ 80 130 160 9 75 82 79 97 82
Weather Cloudy Rain Much rain Much rain Rain Slight rainCloudy, sunny intervals Sun all day Sun all daySun all day Hot sun and cloudsHot sun, no cloudsHot sun, no clouds Cloudy, bright
Expenses of running motor 36.20 2.00 — — — — — — 16.00 16.80 3.00 9.50 2.00 —
Petrol quantity (litres) 70 — — 60 — — 60 — — 60 — 60 — —
Petrol price 31.50 — — 25.00 — — 27.00 — — 30.00 — 27.70 — —
Oil quantity (litres) 18 — — — — — — — — — 2 — — 2
Oil price 18.75 — — — — — — — — — 2.50 — — 2.50
Non-stop runs 0 0 0 0 + + 0 + 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stops due to — — French number-plate loose Ran out of petrol — — — Magneto — — — — — —
Lamps used (+) — — — — — + — spark-gap screw-head worn off
Tyres (Dunlops): — — — — — — + — — + + — + —
Four grooved, one steel studded, one spare grooved, and one on Stepney wheel— — — — — — — —
15th Day. 16th Day. 17th Day. 18th Day. 19th Day. 20th Day. 21st Day. 22nd Day. 23rd Day. 24th Day. 25th Day. 26th Day. 27th Day. 28th Day. Totals.
Place of departure Carcassonne Béziers Nîmes Aix-en-Provence Agay Mentone, San Remo, etc. Mentone St. Raphaël Tarascon Orange St. Étienne Moulins Melun Les Andelys —
Place of arrival Béziers Nîmes Aix-en-Provence Agay Mentone Mentone St. Raphaël Tarascon Orange St. Étienne Moulins Melun Les Andelys Havre —
Daily mileage 55 77 105 82 77 44 67 128 33 118 109 150 119 82 Total miles, 2,347
Weather Hot and sunny Hot and sunny Sunny Sunny Sunny Sunny Slightly cooler Very hot and sunny Cloudy, bright Cloudy, bright, shower in night Cooler, but fine Cloudy at times Sunny and clouds Sunny and clouds Rain on only five days
Expenses of running motor 4.50 — — — — 5.00 12.10 — 11.30 3.00 — 1.50 — 7.50 = Fr. 130.40
Petrol quantity (litres) 50 — — 50 40 — — 35 — — 60 — 40 5 = Litres 590
Petrol price 22.50 — — 25.00 15.20 — — 13.30 — — 25.20 — 15.20 1.75 = Fr. 259.35
Oil quantity (litres) 2 — 2 — — — 5 — 5 2 2 2 2 — = Litres 44
Oil price 2.50 — 3.00 — — — 7.50 — 7.00 3.00 1.90 2.50 2.25 — = Fr. 53.40
Non-stop runs 0 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 — — — — 0 0 = 19
Stops due to — — — Leaking petrol-pipe — — Clutch-ball race adrift — Lubricating-tube blocked with dirty oil — — Two only were real stops
Lamps used (+) + — + — + — — + — — — — — — = 9
Tyres (Dunlops): — Nail-puncture of studded tyre Back grooved — — — — — — Two punctures
Three grooved, one steel studded, one spare grooved, and one on Stepney wheel
tyre burst, having had a severe glass-cut; front, nail-puncture
A LIST OF IMPORTANT EVENTS IN FRENCH HISTORY, AND OF THE KINGS OF FRANCE AND THE SOVEREIGNS OF ENGLAND IN PARALLEL COLUMNS
English Sovereigns. French Kings. Prominent Events in French History.
Evacuation of the Romans, 410
Saxon and Anglian invasions, circa 450-550 Merovingian Kings from 481
Mayors of the Palace, 687-741 Carolingians, 741 Charlemagne, 771 Battle of Tours, 732. (Charles Martel defeated the Saracens)
Egbert (first overlord 802 of England),
Alfred the Great (seven other Saxon Kings), 871 The later Carolingian Kings from 814 Coming of the Northmen. Rollo, the leader, became first Duke of Normandy, 912
Ethelred the Unready, 978 Hugh Capet, 987
Robert the Pious, or Debonair, 996
Edmund Ironside, 1016
Cnut, 1017 Henri I., 1031
Harold Harefoot, 1036
Hardicanute, 1040
Edward the Confessor, 1042 Henri I. assists William the Norman to conquer insurgent barons at the Battle of Val es dunes
Harold II., 1066 Philippe I., 1060
William I. (the Conqueror), 1066 Conquest of England by William of Normandy, 1066
William II. (Rufus), 1087 First Crusade, 1095
Henry I., 1100 Louis VI., 1108
Stephen, 1135 Louis VII., 1137 Led the Second Crusade, 1147
Henry II., 1154 Philippe II. (Auguste), 1180
Richard I. (Cœur de Lion), 1189 Third Crusade, 1189
John, 1199 Normandy conquered from King John, 1204
Albigensian Crusade, 1204
Notre-Dame built
Henry III., 1216 Louis VIII., 1223
Louis IX. (known as St. Louis), 1226 Louis IX. led Crusade to the East, but was captured by the Saracens, 1248
Edward I., 1272 Philippe III., 1272
Philippe IV., 1285
Edward II., 1307 Louis X., 1314
Philippe V., 1316
Charles IV., 1322
Edward III., 1327 Philippe VI. (the first of the Valois), 1328 Hundred Years’ War with England began, 1337
Battle of Crécy, 1346
Jean (le Bon), 1350 Battle of Poitiers, 1356. King John taken prisoner
Charles V., 1364
Richard II., 1377 Charles VI., 1380
Henry IV., 1399
Henry V., 1413 Battle of Agincourt, 1415. Henry V. declared heir to French Crown
Henry VI., 1422 Charles VII., 1422 Jeanne d’Arc relieves Orleans, 1429. Crowns the King (1430), is burnt at Rouen, 1431
Edward IV., 1461 Louis XI., 1461
Edward V., 1483 Charles VIII., 1483 Makes war with Italy, 1495
Richard III., 1483
Henry VII., 1485 Louis XII., 1498 Makes war with Italy, 1499
Battle of the Spurs, 1513
Henry VIII., 1509 François I., 1515 Meeting of the Field of the Cloth of Gold, 1520
The Reformation, 1529
Edward VI., 1547 Henri II., 1547
Mary, 1553
Elizabeth, 1558 François II., 1559
Charles IX., 1560 Massacre of St. Bartholomew, 1572
Henri III., 1547 Murder of the Duc de Guise at Blois, 1588
Henri IV. (the first of the Bourbons), 1589Edict of Nantes, giving toleration to Protestants, 1598
James I., 1603 Louis XIII., 1610 Last meeting of States-General before the Revolution, 1614
Charles I., 1625
Charles II., 1660 Louis XIV., 1643 War with Holland, 1672
James II., 1685 Revocation of Edict of Nantes, 1685
William III. and Mary, 1688
Anne, 1702 War of the Spanish Succession, 1702
George I., 1714 Louis XV., 1715
George II., 1727 War with England, in Canada and in India, 1754
George III., 1760 Seven Years’ War, 1756
Louis XVI., 1774 French Revolution, 1789
Meeting of the States-General, 1789
Trial and death of Louis XVI. and Marie Antoinette, 1793
Directory and Consulate: Napoleon as First Consul, 1799
Napoleon, 1804 Battles of Austerlitz, 1805; Trafalgar, 1805; Jena, 1806
Retreat from Moscow, 1812
Abdication, 1814
George IV., 1820 Louis XVIII., 1814 Napoleon returns from Elba, 1814
The Hundred Days
Battle of Waterloo, 1815
Napoleon sent to St. Helena, 1815
Charles X., 1824 Abdication of Charles X., 1830
William IV., 1830 Louis Philippe, 1830
Victoria, 1837 Napoleon’s remains brought to France, 1840
Abdication of Louis Philippe, 1848
The Second Republic, 1848
Napoleon III., 1852 The Crimean War, 1854
War with Germany, 1870
Abdication of Napoleon III.
The Third Republic, 1870