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[/i][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/History_of_the_automobile][i][u][size=25][color:b269=#0000ff]History of the automobile[/i][/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] (P1)
Although [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Nicolas-Joseph_Cugnot][u][size=25][color:b269=#0000ff]Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] is often credited with building the first self-propelled mechanical vehicle or automobile in about 1769 by adapting an existing horse-drawn vehicle, this claim is disputed by some, who doubt Cugnot's three-wheeler ever ran or was stable. Others claim [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Ferdinand_Verbiest][u][size=25][color:b269=#0000ff]Ferdinand Verbiest[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25], a member of a [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Jesuit_China_missions][u][size=25][color:b269=#0000ff]Jesuit mission in China[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25], built the first steam-powered vehicle around 1672 which was of small scale and designed as a toy for the Chinese Emperor that was unable to carry a driver or a passenger, but quite possibly, was the first working steam-powered vehicle ('auto-mobile').[/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/l%20cite_note-4][u][size=25][color:b269=#0000ff][5][/u][/color][/size][size=25]HYPERLINK \l "cite_note-setright-5"[/size][u][size=25][color:b269=#0000ff][6][/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] What is not in doubt is that [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Richard_Trevithick][u][size=25][color:b269=#0000ff]Richard Trevithick[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] built and demonstrated his [i]Puffing Devil[/i] road locomotive in 1801, believed by many to be the first demonstration of a steam-powered road vehicle although it was unable to maintain sufficient steam pressure for long periods, and would have been of little practical use.
In [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Russia][u][size=25][color:b269=#0000ff]Russia[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25], in the 1780s, [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Ivan_Kulibin][u][size=25][color:b269=#0000ff]Ivan Kulibin[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] developed a human-pedalled, three-wheeled carriage with modern features such as a [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Flywheel][u][size=25][color:b269=#0000ff]flywheel[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25], [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Brake][u][size=25][color:b269=#0000ff]brake[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25], [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Gear_box][u][size=25][color:b269=#0000ff]gear box[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25], and [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Bearing_(mechanical)][u][size=25][color:b269=#0000ff]bearings[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25]; however, it was not developed further.[/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/l%20cite_note-6][u][size=25][color:b269=#0000ff][7][/u][/color][/size][/url][font:b269=Arial][size=25]
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