STEAM VEHICLE OF TREVITHICK (1802)

Meanwhile in the United States of America, it was Oliver Evans who in 1804 constructed a so called "Orukutor Amphibolis" vehicle, with which he traveled himself by earth and water. All these attempts were more or less lucky tests; but in 1829, W. H. James constructed a car-automobile, that marched at the speed of 2,5 kilometers per hour, transporting passengers. In 1822, sir Golsdsworthy Gurney began to assemble steam vehicles , remarkable successfully. One of his cars appears in the attached figures, and it can be noticed that the boiler that was fixed in the back part of the machine was constructed of tubes, it is to say, that used an idea that later would have a great development. But perhaps, the one who achieved better success among the first constructors of steam vehicles was Walter Hancock, of Stratford (London).