Who designed the first road steam engine?
The first steam-powered vehicle was designed—and most likely built—by Ferdinand Verbiest, a Flemish member of a Jesuit mission in China around 1672. It was a 65-cm-long scale-model toy for the Chinese Emperor that was unable to carry a driver or a passenger. It is not known if Verbiest's model was ever built.
What are your thoughts on this subject?
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wok
WRONG ANSWER
Ferdinand Verbiest is suggested to have built what may have been the first steam powered car in about 1672, but very little concrete information on this is known to exist. Your own explanation states ( It is not known if Verbiest's model was ever built.)
Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot's "machine à feu pour le transport de wagons et surtout de l'artillerie" ("fire engine for transporting wagons and especially artillery") was built from 1769 in two versions for use by the French Army. This was the first steam wagon that was not a toy, and that was known to exist. This needs to be corrected and points properly distributed.
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Jun 15, 2017 1:40AM
Ken J Smith
Sir Isaac Newton was the first on paper but that was also only a toy. The first would have been Cugnot for his artillery carrier. You asked for the first road steam engine and then give the answer is a toy. Richard Trevithick is considered the father of the automobile. A very good book on this subject is men of invention
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Mar 6, 2016 6:42PM
Bill Coe
Not according to the research I have seen. And NO supporting reference link. I call BS.
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Jun 16, 2017 12:42PM
Bill Coe
Which was never even built!! It is not known if Verbiest's model was ever built at the time, although he had access to China's finest metal-working craftsmen who were constructing precision astronomical instruments for him. Sorry for possting 3 separate items. But this question is so wrong ... P.S.: I just "designed" a rocket ship that can carry you from Earth to Mars in 36 seconds.
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Jun 16, 2017 12:46PM
Vonda Summers
Wrong guess, but why if I hit the 4th choice, the 1st one turns green?
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Nov 18, 2017 6:35PM
Jetty Newnham
Most likely that's not an answer
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Nov 18, 2017 11:34AM
Jacqueline Tattam
Ridiculous answer
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Nov 17, 2017 6:04PM
Lydia Shutter
Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot's "machine à feu pour le transport de wagons et surtout de l'artillerie" ("fire engine for transporting wagons and especially artillery") was built from 1769 in two versions for use by the French Army. This was the first steam wagon that was not a toy, and that was known to exist.
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Nov 17, 2017 5:17PM
Diana Newman
That answer is not consistent with the question. It was a toy, not a road worthy car.
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Nov 17, 2017 2:32PM
Joseph A. Robitaille
That answer is wrong and that does not even come close to the real answer. it was N.J. Cugnot....
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Nov 17, 2017 9:11AM
Koos Gouws
There is a lot of doubt whether Verbiest actually built it and if it ever worked. Trevithick built the first road version steam powered vehicle, while Cugnot built a "fire wagon"before that.
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Nov 17, 2017 5:07AM
ChiefRaven
Not a good question as their answer is ambiguous at best. Key words ROAD CAR, not toy or model.
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Nov 17, 2017 3:53AM
Johnny Rock
Cheesy question.
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Nov 17, 2017 2:51AM
ninakamwene
No clue
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Nov 17, 2017 2:30AM
shingler
In 1769, the very first self-propelled road vehicle was a military tractor invented by French engineer and mechanic, Nicolas Joseph Cugnot. He used a steam engine to power his vehicle, which was built under his instructions at the Paris Arsenal.
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Nov 17, 2017 2:14AM
Jim Hayhoe
If we're going to talk models it goes back much earlier than that.
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Nov 17, 2017 1:52AM
Emy Ngan
Got it
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Nov 17, 2017 1:09AM
Barbara Glasper
About time I got one right
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Nov 17, 2017 12:29AM
Noel Dacanay
I agree with all of the complaints, Cugnot is the correct answer!!!
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Nov 17, 2017 12:13AM
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