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Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot


 

Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot (25 September, 1725 - 2 October, 1804) was a French inventor who built what may have been the world's first self-propelled mechanical vehicle or automobile.

Literature

Rauck, Max J. B.: Cugnot, 1769 - 1969: der Urahn unseres Autos fuhr vor 200 Jahren. München: Münchener Zeitungsverlag 1969.

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