Nicolas-joseph cugnot early life

Nicolas-joseph cugnot steam car
Nicolas-joseph cugnot invention
Who was credited with the world's first practical motorcar

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Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot (February 26, 1725 – October 2, 1804) was a French inventor. He is believed to have built the first self-propelled mechanical vehicle or automobile, though this claim is disputed by some sources (some suggest that Ferdinand Verbiest, as a member of a Jesuit mission in China, may have been the first to build a 'car' around 1672.)^[1]^[2]

Employed by the military, his interest was to move cannon more rapidly and with greater ease. He may not have anticipated the domestic, peace time use of the automobile yet his pioneer use of high-pressure steam helped the development of one of the most widely used technologies in the contemporary world. With the exception of the aircraft, itself a by-product of automobile technology, the car has revolutionized human existence. The ability to travel with ease over great distances has knitted large nations together. Isolated rural communities now depend on the car to access services. In regions such as Europe, where within the European Union borders are open, more and more people are developing awareness of a com

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Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

6. Showing the chain attached to the bottom of the forked piston rod, which pull the torque arm downwards, turning the front wheel via the ratchet

7. Showing how the cylinder is bolted to the support frame

8. A view of the underside of the piston from below the RH cylinder

9. Four-way valve, operating gear, and spring. The 'mudguard' deflects water and steam exhausting from the valve

10. Four-way valve and manifold

11. Valve operating chain. Also note the rocker arm at the bottom of the picture, which interconnects the two piston rods via chains

12. Valve operating lever and tappets bolted to piston rod

13. Close-up of tappet and roller

14. Steam isolating/throttle valve on top of boiler. Note threaded pipe connector

16. Showing steering sector from below, and roller on right hand side which transfers weight of vehicle body to the steerable engine/boiler sub-frame

17. Roller on left hand side

18. RHS, looking toward rear, indicating complexity of forged wrought iron sub-frame, and treads o

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Nicholas-Joseph Cugnot Biography (1725-1804)

Nationality: French
Gender: Male
Occupation: engineer

Cugnot is credited with developing the world's first self-propelled vehicle.Powered by a steam engine refined by Cugnot, his three-wheeled vehicle couldcarry four passengers and moved at a walking pace. Built in 1769 and first used the following year, Cugnot's vehicle was originally designed to haul heavyartillery pieces and should more properly be called a tractor and not a carriage.

Cugnot was born at Void, in the Meuse province of France. As a young man, hejoined the French army and while in the service in Germany and Belgium, he invented a new kind of rifle for use by French troops. He was also encouraged to work on a steam-powered gun-carriage. Cugnot was aware of the improvementsin steam power developed by Thomas Savery, an English inventor, and Denis Papin, a French physicist.

Cugnot added further improvements, which employed steam power to move pistonswithout condensation, greatly improving engine efficiency. His engine consisted of two, 13-inch (33 cm), 1.75-cubic-fo