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Here we have a patent for what looks like the first "moped" (without pedals). The elements of a steam engine are all there condensed into a package about the size of a clip-on 50cc gas engine of about 3/4 century later. It would seem the artist had only the basic understanding of a steam engine, there is no accommodation for the supply of coal and water. To solve that issue one solution may have been to license the 1868 patent further down in this post. This steampowered carriage could follow the moped rider with the necessary supplies.
This is silly.
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| thanks (I think) Rolf! |
steam puller smoking a steam pipe with a hat pulling a cart. somebody better build it, right this instant.
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ReplyDeleteIt seems that L-G. Perreaux was actually a pretty competent and decorated inventor,
ReplyDeleteand that his "vélocipède à vapeur" might have a claim to be the "first motorcycle".
https://www.moto-collection.org/blog/les-secrets-de-la-louis-guillaume-perreaux/
At least he didn't put the boiler directly under the seat...the family jewels have a chance of surviving a thermal runaway event depending on the direction the shrapnel flies.
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