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Saturday, July 30, 2011
notice the above taxi had a meter on the far side of the vehicle, and the below has one on the near side
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha2OM9yqwfTmVYJecYkYqoDOmr2p6ihTLgb2m0NPX_Y_gPelzqDKNU3KCadWbNEB1Ul0S5u1UPRvWuvRQARtAFABH6RkK2gqQxUHYkmT_ZTZtwesT_xD3py8Hkkj8alDPt-rfhv8n4hYNt/s640/sultan+t.jpg)
The modern taximeter was invented by German Wilhelm Bruhn in 1891, and the Daimler Victoria—the world's first meter-equipped (and gasoline-powered) taxicab—was built by Gottlieb Daimler in 1897.
found among hundreds of great old car catalogs at http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchresult.cfm?word=title_id_list:454055&slabel=Automobiles%253A%2520Manufacturers%2520catalogues%252E&sScope=images&sLevel=1
Labels: informative, taxi cab
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