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ROAD TRANSPORT

ROAD TRANSPORT. Road Transport. Carriage Wheel Composition Vehicle Construction Public Transport Steam Powered Vehicles 19th Century Experiments Pecqueur & Dietz Prejudices & Controls Steam Powered Automobiles. Carriage Wheel Composition. Around 1820 Ball Bearings

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ROAD TRANSPORT

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  1. ROAD TRANSPORT

  2. Road Transport • Carriage Wheel Composition • Vehicle Construction • Public Transport • Steam Powered Vehicles • 19th Century Experiments • Pecqueur & Dietz • Prejudices & Controls • Steam Powered Automobiles

  3. Carriage Wheel Composition • Around 1820 • Ball Bearings • Banding of Felly With Nailed Banks Of Iron • Thermal Expansion • New Banding • Continuous Strip Welded & Then Shrunk

  4. Mail Carriage • Carriage Developments Were Influenced By Iron Industry (1800 - 1825) • Single Spring Suspension • Long Continuous Strips Of Rolled Iron • Long Solid Wrought Iron Shaft 1820 - 1830

  5. Light Calash • Around 1830s • Double Suspension • Jones Brothers • Carriage Makers (Brussels) • Long Continuous Strips Of Iron For Wheels

  6. London LiveryCarriage Brougham (1851)

  7. Parcel-Carrying Stagecoach • Passengers & Mail • Between 1825 - 1850 • Replaced Old, Heavy, Slow Coaches • Primarily Rural

  8. Omnibus • Paris (1828) • 22 Seats • 12 Inside • 10 On Top • Primarily Urban

  9. Joseph Cugnot • First Successful Steam Powered Wagon • In Service (1770) • Two Opposing Atmospheric Engines • Reverse Arrangement • No Condensation • Double Ratchet System • Controlled Valves • Controlled Propulsion

  10. Joseph Cugnot • Engine, Firebox, & Boiler At Front • Steering At Center • Unstable • 3 Wheel • Single King Bolt • Historically Important • Carried Military Loads • Contract (1771) • Musee du Conservatoire national des Arts et Metiers

  11. Murdock’s Steam Carriage • Conceived 1784 • Didn’t Pursue Construction Due To Advances Of Watt • Unique Design • Cylinder In Boiler

  12. Trevithick’s Steam Carriage • Richard Trevithick • Tested High-Pressure Engine (1797/98) • Vertical Cylinder In Boiler • Trevithick & Vivian (1802) • Horizontal Cylinder In Boiler • Separate Driver • Heavy Vehicle - No Suspension • Adapted To Railroad

  13. Onesiphore Pecqueur • Patent - France (1828) • Differential Gear • Solved Turning Problem • Not Applied Till Gasoline Powered Automobiles • Similar Patents In England • Hanson (1830) • Richard Roberts (1832) • Built Vehicle (1833)

  14. Charles Dietz • Great Pioneer • Patent - France (1835/36) • Two Oscillating Cylinders • Elastic Material On Wheels • Jointed Rim • Trial Runs • Paris, Versailles, Saint Germain • Regular Service (1834)

  15. Prejudices & Controls • House of Commons Committee (1831) • Limited Use On Roads • Steam Vehicles (10-20 MPH), Horse (2 MPH) • Locomotive Act (1861) • Limited Speeds (10 MPH Highways, 5 MPH Cities) • 2 Operators, No Smoke • Red Flag Act (1865) • Limited Speeds (4 MPH Highways, 2 MPH Cities) • 3 Operators • Fears • Boilers Exploding, Noise, Soot, Accidents

  16. Highway Locomobile • Cail (1857) • Tubular Boiler & Condenser • Agricultural Machines & Heavy Loads • Strictly Regulated

  17. Steam Powered Automobile • Developments • Boilers • High Pressure • Died Due To Petroleum • La Mancelle (1881) • Frequently Built • Arrangement • Boiler - Rear • Engine - Front • Differential

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