The history of the first locomotives in America : from the original documents, and the testimony of living witnesses (1874)
Brown, William H. (William Henry), 1808-1883 · New York : D. Appleton and Company · leaf 43
Paris, FIRST STEAM-CARRIAGE. 35 which excited muck interest. An accident, however,put an end to his experiments. Turning the corner ofthe street one day, near the Madeleine, when the ma-chine was running at a speed of about three miles anhour, it upset with a crash, and, being considered… … CUGNOTS LOCOMOTIVE, 1769. In 1784 William Symington conceived the idea ofsteam being applied to propelling carriages, and in1786 made a working model, but soon gave it up, andnothing was ever after heard of the project. The first English model of a steam-carriage wasmade in 1784, by William…
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