History of Automobile

                                                        History of Automobile

     

 

   In 1769, a french engineer Nicolas Joseph Cugnot

      

   (father of automobile)invented the very first self propelled 

   vehicle using  a steam engine. It attains a speed of 

   about 2.5 miles/hour for 15 minutes.

 

  
   Ricare Trevitluck:

   In 1802 the first practical steam automobile was built by him in England using a crankshaft 

   for first time.


   Julis Griffiths :

   In 1821 he built the first comfortable steam engine in England.

 

   Lenior : 

  

   He built first Automobile propelled by gas engine in 1863.

  Augusto Otto: 

  He was succeed in construction of I.C engine working on a cycle  known as Otto cycle in 

 1876. Actually it was not proposed by him. The French designer Bean De-roches had 

  proposed it. But the Otto was the first person to bring it into practical use in Germany.

  Dugald Clerk:

  In 1878 he made a lot of contribution in the Automobiles and described a cycle which 

  power stroke is produced for every one revolution of the crankshaft.

 

  Karl Benz, 

 

  The German engineer designed and built the

  world’s first practical automobile to be powered

  by an internal combustion engine in 1885.

   

  Daimler: 

  In 1886 he construct first high speed low construct engine which  

  is capable of running at  800 to 1000 rpm 

  

  Panhard & Levassor: 

   In 1896 they built a car in France with minor exception we see know. They design the 

   engine placed infront of the chassis and use sliding gear transmission and incorporate the 

   brake, clutch pedals and accelerator.

   

  F.W. Lanchester: 

  He invented the epicyclic gear box.

  Pegueur: 

  He invented the differential gear.

  Dunlop: 

  An Irishman had invented the Automobile rubber tyre.

  Pan Hard: 

  He invented layshaft type gearbox which had been in use in since then most of the stepped 

  ratio type motor vehicle.