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The oldest precursor of the automobile : Ferdinand Verbiest's steam turbine-powered vehicle model
- Title
- The oldest precursor of the automobile : Ferdinand Verbiest's steam turbine-powered vehicle model / Horst O. Hardenberg.
- Author
- Hardenberg, Horst O.
- Publication
- Warrendale, PA : Society of Automotive Engineers, ©1995.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | TL200 .H372 1995 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 32 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- From the design of the steam turbine and the arrangement of the power train of this vehicle, it appears that Verbiest was aware of the description of a steam turbine and a self-moving vehicle published in 1629 by the Italian architect and engineer Giovanni Branca (1571-1645).
- In the early 1670s, Ferdinand Verbiest (1623-1688), a Flemish Jesuit missionary in China and head of the observatory of Peking, built a small working model of a steam turbine-powered vehicle which he demonstrated at the Chinese imperial court and which may be considered as the oldest precursor of the automobile.
- Series Statement
- SAE ; SP-1102
- Uniform Title
- SAE ; SP-1102.
- Alternative Title
- Ferdinand Verbiest's steam turbine-powered vehicle model
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Early works.
- Note
- "Prepared under the auspices fo the SAE Historical Committee."
- "SP-1102."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN
- 1560916524
- 9781560916529
- LCCN
- 94074754
- OCLC
- ocm32196812
- 32196812
- SCSB-9332559
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library