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Featured Article Quiz #201

Carlisle & Finch
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#1 In which US city was Carlisle & Finch headquartered?
Cincinnati, Ohio
Chicago, Illinois
Boston, Massachusetts
#2 What key improvement did Carlisle & Finch make with electric toy trains?
They used the two rails as electrical conductors to carry power to the cars.
They used overhead wires instead of the rails to deliver power to the cars.
They powered the trains using compressed air.
#3 What was the purpose of Carlisle & Finch’s 58-page 1906 booklet titled Miniature Electric Railway Construction?
To teach “wide-awake boys” practical electrical workings through miniature railway construction.
To provide instructions for building gasoline engines for boats.
To explain how to manufacture carbon-arc searchlights for lighthouses.