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All manufacturers seemed to be competing to produce their idea of the future as described by Norman Bel Geddes, who was quickly becoming a recognized name in the automotive industry, as well as many other industries. These "egg car" schematics were already public knowledge prior to the World's Fair. In 1932, Norman Bel Geddes published a prophetic book of the advancements in science that were soon to become reality. In "Horizons," Bel Geddes describes the car of the future: | All manufacturers seemed to be competing to produce their idea of the future as described by Norman Bel Geddes, who was quickly becoming a recognized name in the automotive industry, as well as many other industries. These "egg car" schematics were already public knowledge prior to the World's Fair. In 1932, Norman Bel Geddes published a prophetic book of the advancements in science that were soon to become reality. In "Horizons," Bel Geddes describes the car of the future: | ||
:''This form is approximately that of an egg, though the small end of the drop tapers more sharply to a conical point. In falling, the larger and blunt end of the drop is foremost. This is the shape that creates the least turbulence"<ref>Page 45, ''Horizons'', Author: Norman Bel Geddes, Publisher: Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1932</ref> | :'''''This form is approximately that of an egg''', though the small end of the drop tapers more sharply to a conical point. In falling, the larger and blunt end of the drop is foremost. This is the shape that creates the least turbulence"<ref>Page 45, ''Horizons'', Author: Norman Bel Geddes, Publisher: Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1932</ref> | ||
[[Image:Horizons00geddrich 0073.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Page 45 of "Horizons"]] | [[Image:Horizons00geddrich 0073.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Page 45 of "Horizons"]] | ||
:''"It is my prediction that within the next two or three years some farseeing manufacturer will again turn his attention to making his machine go, that this time his design will be the result of what has been learned in this motorized-buggy era. This means that he will start afresh and that his objective will be the ultimate form of the future motor car. This car will look very different from those you seen on the road to-day but not very different from Car Number 8 as illustrated here."<ref>Page 63, ''Horizons'', Author: Norman Bel Geddes, Publisher: Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1932</ref> | :''"It is my prediction that within the next two or three years some farseeing manufacturer will again turn his attention to making his machine go, that this time his design will be the result of what has been learned in this motorized-buggy era. This means that he will start afresh and that his objective will be the ultimate form of the future motor car. This car will look very different from those you seen on the road to-day but not very different from Car Number 8 as illustrated here."<ref>Page 63, ''Horizons'', Author: Norman Bel Geddes, Publisher: Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1932</ref> | ||