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Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot demonstrates a steam-powered artillery tractor …
Years: 1769 - 1769
Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot demonstrates a steam-powered artillery tractor in France in 1769.
He is believed to have built the first self-propelled mechanical vehicle, but this claim is disputed by some sources, which suggest that Ferdinand Verbiest, as a member of a Jesuit mission in China, may have been the first to build a 'car' around 1672.
Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot’s original 1769 model.
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Years: 1769 - 1769
Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot’s original 1769 model.
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