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RAIL AND ROAD

The first cars STEAM-POWERED CUGNOT FARDIER, 1770
Twin cylinder engine

Steam Rocking Wooden wheel
THE EARLIEST ROAD VEHICLE powered by an Chimney pipe beam Steering tiller (artillery wheel)
engine, the Cugnot steam traction engine,
Brake Seat Wooden Load
was built in 1770. More practical steam Haystack pedal frame space
carriages, such as the Bordino, were boiler
available in the early 19th century,
but they were heavy and cumbersome.
Restrictive laws and the introduction of
railroads, faster and able to carry more
Carrying
passengers, saw the decline of “cars” fork
powered by steam. It was not until 1860 Piston Step Broad,
that the first practical power unit for road vehicles rod Log basket rough
Ratchet Single front tire
was developed, with the invention of the internal wheel driving wheel
combustion engine by the Belgian
Etienne Lenoir. By around 1890, Chimney
BORDINO STEAM CARRIAGE, 1854
Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler in
Germany, and Albert de Dion and Hood iron Landau body Drop-down
(landau iron) window
Armand Peugeot in France were
building cars for sale to the public. Leather
These early cars, despite being hood
primitive, expensive, and produced Fire-tube boiler
in limited numbers,
Safety valve Sprung chassis
heralded the
age of the Safety valve Water
automobile. weight tank
Coke hopper
Chauffeur’s seat
(stoker’s seat;
spider seat;
tiger seat)

Step

Tie bar Tie rod Steam chest
Full-elliptic leaf spring Connecting Twin-cylinder
rod steam engine
Iron tire
Wooden spoke
Unsprung chassis
Wooden wheel (artillery wheel) Hub Steam distributor valve

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