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Thomas Newcomen, an engineer, built the first engine in 1712. He created a 21 inch cylinder and was used in a coalmine at Dudley Castle in Staffordshire.
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James Watt built the first steam-powered engine. This engine was more compact and efficient than Newcomen's engine.
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Nicholas Joseph Cugnot constructed a vehicle to transport cannons using a two piston steam engine. This engine did not produce any condensation.
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Many English engineers were designing vehicles that did not require rails.
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Etienne Lenoir created the first gas combustion engine. Coal and gun powder was tried but was not succesful. Black powder did not work and coal needed a boiler.
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Alphonse Bear de Rochas evolved the combustion engine. Now the gas can be compressed in the cylinder then it can combust.
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Dr. J. W. Carhart built the first real steam car. Steam vehicles have been built two decades before, but they resembled small steam train engines.
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In Hardford, Connecticut Daimler Motor Company was manufacturing petrol engines. These petrol engines for boats, carriages, tram cars, and fire engines.
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Charles and Frank Duryea built the first gas powered car. They drove it in Springfield, Massachusetts on September 21st.
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Henry Ford built his first car, Quadracycle, in 1896. In 1899, the Detroit Automotive Company went out of business.
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The first large producer of gas-powered cars wars Ransom E. Olds, maker of the Oldsmobile.
