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Past & Present: Mechanical Transport

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Mechanical Transport. Early Traction Engine. The first practicable horseless vehicles were constructed by Cugnot, a French military engineer, in 1763-9. His steam carriage, carrying four persons, travelled along the road at 2 1/4 mph. A similar machine was commissioned by the French Government for artillery transport in 1770. Modern "Caterpillar" Tractor. Among the most striking of recent developments in mechanical transport were the huge "caterpillar" tractors which rendered such important service in the Great War, 1914-18. The endless chains or bands of flanged and hinged strips of steel provided a firm grip over broken or boggy ground and up steep inclines. Illustration for one of a set of cigarette cards on the subject of Past & Present issued by Wills in 1929.

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