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First Locomotive from 1770
First Locomotive from 1770
In Paris constructed by engineer Eugnot - still thought to be used on the streets.
Cugnot was one of the first to employ successfully a device for converting the reciprocating motion of a steam piston into rotary motion by means of a ratchet arrangement. A small version of his three-wheeled fardier a vapeur ( " steam dray" ) ran in 1769.
Cugnot french inventor( geb. 1725 gest. 1804 )
Original edition from my own archives
Source : Illustrierte Konversations Lexikon 1876
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Media ID 19520861
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