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Steam Traction on the Road

Hardcover • 2018 • 1. edition

Steam Traction on the Road

By Anthony Burton

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About the book

This is the story of how for more than a hundred years steam power played a vital role in the development of road transport. It all began with tentative attempts to build steam carriages by pioneers such as Cugnot in France and Trevithick in Britain, and in the early part of the nineteenth century there were significant attempts to develop steam carriages and omnibuses. That these attempts ultimately failed was largely due to opposition by road authorities and draconian legislation. Steam power ...Show more

History of engineering and technology

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ISBN

9781526701510

Publisher

Pen & Sword Books Ltd

Published year

2018

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1

Original title

Steam Traction on the Road

Format

Hardcover

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