Title
The wonders of science
Caption
1769: French military engineer Nicolas Cugnot trying to restart his invention, the steam-powered fardier, the first self-propelled vehicle (capable of doing without animal traction), after colliding with a wall at the Arsenal in Paris.
Illustration from "Les Merveilles de la science ou description populaire des inventions modernes" written by Louis Figuier and published in 1867 by Furne, Jouvet et Cie.
Date
1867
Credit line
Photo12
Reference
COM23A00_430
Model release
NA
Property release
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License type
Rights managed
Available size
122,2Mb (7,4Mb) / 24,1in x 19,7in / 7239 x 5898 (300dpi)