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Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot (26 February 1725 – 2 October 1804) was a French inventor who built the world's first full-size and working self-propelled mechanical land-vehicle, the "Fardier à vapeur" – effectively the world's first automobile.
In Vienna, landaus are called fiacres because they can be rented. A five-glass landau carriage in Geraz do Lima Carriage museum. A landau, drawn by a pair or four-in-hand, is one of several kinds of vis-à-vis, a social carriage with facing seats over a dropped footwell (illustration), which was perfected by the mid-19th century in the form of a swept base that flowed in a single curve.
Cabriolet with groom on footboard behind the covered seats Rear view of design for cabriolet, 1875. A cabriolet (alternatively cabriole [1]: 32 ) is a light horse-drawn vehicle, with two wheels and a single horse. The carriage has a folding hood that can cover its two occupants, one of whom is the driver.
Coach of a noble family, c. 1870 The word carriage (abbreviated carr or cge) is from Old Northern French cariage, to carry in a vehicle. [3] The word car, then meaning a kind of two-wheeled cart for goods, also came from Old Northern French about the beginning of the 14th century [3] (probably derived from the Late Latin carro, a car [4]); it is also used for railway carriages and in the US ...
Black berline. A Berlin or Berline carriage is a type of enclosed four-wheeled carriage with two interior bench seats facing one-another. [1] Initially noted for using two perch rails [a] and having the body suspended by leather straps called braces, [b] [3] [4]: 15 the term continued in use for many carriages even after the suspension system changed to steel springs.
A vehicle for conveying persons especially in state, such as a triumphal car or a coach of state. This stately but manoeuvrable horse carriage was used for ceremonial occasions or for pleasure. A chariotee was a light, covered, four-wheeled pleasure carriage with two seats. [1] A post chariot was a carriage for traveling post. The term was used ...
The interior would include seats, beds, cushions, tapestries and even rugs. They would be pulled by four to five horses. [1] Kocs was the Hungarian post town in the 15th century onwards, which gave its name to a fast light vehicle, which later spread across Europe.
Jean-François moved to Paris at the beginning of the 18th century, followed by his younger brother, François. However, for nearly ten years, the brothers stayed active in both cities. [ 2 ] In Paris, Jean-François had had his shop at rue de la Savonnerie since 1702 yet his youngest son was born in Lyon in December 1704.