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The Hippomobile is an
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''Engine Maturity, Efficiency, and Potential Improvements''
US Dept of Energy, Washington, page 7 1860s cars 1863 introductions Hydrogen cars {{Veteran-auto-stub
The Hippomobile is an automobile
A car or automobile is a motor vehicle with Wheel, wheels. Most definitions of ''cars'' say that they run primarily on roads, Car seat, seat one to eight people, have four wheels, and mainly transport private transport#Personal transport, pe ...
invented by Étienne Lenoir
Jean Joseph Étienne Lenoir, also known as Jean J. Lenoir (12 January 1822 – 4 August 1900), was a Belgian- French engineer who developed the internal combustion engine in 1858. Prior designs for such engines were patented as early as 1807 (D ...
in 1863 which carried its own internal combustion engine
An internal combustion engine (ICE or IC engine) is a heat engine in which the combustion of a fuel occurs with an oxidizer (usually air) in a combustion chamber that is an integral part of the working fluid flow circuit. In an internal combus ...
. It was based on his 1860 invention, the Lenoir gas engine Lenoir may refer to:
Locations:
* Lenoir, North Carolina, United States
* Lenoir County, North Carolina, United States
* Lenoir City, Tennessee
In Universities:
* Lenoir-Rhyne University
* Lenoir Dining Hall, a dining hall at the University of N ...
.
History
In 1863 the Hippomobile, powered by one cylinder internal combustion engine, made a test drive fromParis
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...
to Joinville-le-Pont
Joinville-le-Pont () is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.
History
The commune was created in 1791 under the name La Branche-du-Pont-de-Saint-Maur (literally "The Branch of Saint-Maur ...
, covering about eleven miles in less than three hours. This was a fair achievement at the time./ref>
See also
*History of the internal combustion engine
Various scientists and engineers contributed to the development of internal combustion engines. In 1791, the English inventor John Barber patented a gas turbine. In 1794 Thomas Mead patented a gas engine. Also in 1794 Robert Street patented an i ...
* Motorized wagons
* Timeline of transportation technology
This is a timeline of transportation technology and technological developments in the culture of transportation.
Antiquity
*20th millennium BC – rafts used on rivers.
*7th millennium BC– Earliest known shoes.
*6th millennium BC– Dugout ...
References
External links
''Engine Maturity, Efficiency, and Potential Improvements''
US Dept of Energy, Washington, page 7 1860s cars 1863 introductions Hydrogen cars {{Veteran-auto-stub