Edgar Apperson (October 3, 1870 – May 12, 1959) was an American automobile manufacturer and engineer.He, along with his brother Elmer, was the first to create one of the world's first horseless carriages, and Edgar was the first to install the anti-friction bearings and opposed cylinder gasoline engine and the first to design carburators with needle valves and originator of the double ignition system in 1904.