Crude ideas and designs of automobiles can be traced back to ancient and medieval times. [1][2] In 1649, Hans Hautsch of Nuremberg built a clockwork-driven carriage. [1][3] In 1672, a small-scale steam-powered vehicle was created by Ferdinand Verbiest; [4] the first steam-powered automobile capable of human transportation was built by Nicolas-Jo...

2020年12月10日 · A celebrated mechanician called Johan Hautsch of Nuremburg in Germany built an ornate carriage in 1649. It is thought to have been worked by two men concealed inside, who turned the rear axle by means of handles.

In 1649, Hans Hautsch designed a wheelchair for gout patients. Shortly thereafter, he built a self-propelled, four-wheeled mechanical carriage: "It moves by itself and requires no initial preload, from a horse or anything else. The car travels 2000 paces every hour; it stops when the driver pleases, starts when the driver pleases, and works ...

Early automobiles; the story of the horseless carriages from the clock-spring car of 1649 to Henry Ford's model T by Rachlis, Eugene

2019年6月8日 · In 1649, Hautsch manufactured a mechanically driven triumphal car with manual steering, who made him famous beyond the borders of his hometown, indeed the empire. In leaflets depicting a copper engraving of the car with the inventor on it and containing a more detailed description, he introduced his invention to the public.

Understanding the world's first car requires us to first agree on what constitutes a "car." Are we referring to any wheeled vehicle, or must it have an engin...

Above, Johann (Hans) Hautsch of Nuremberg driving his horseless carriage said to have been powered by clockwork; below, Stephan Farfler, a disabled clockmaker of Altdorf, with two of the hand-powered cars that he devised and built to convey himself to church. Engraving, 1730. | Wellcome Collection.

In 1649 Hans Hautsch, a blacksmith from Nuremberg, succeeded in making the breakthrough to an automotive vehicle. His automobile had four wheels and could travel 1.6 km/hour under its own propulsion. In 1816, Robert Stirling patented his Stirling engine.

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