cugnot's traction en(;ink and the "novelty" locomotive. 



These vehicles are shown together here because of their similarity of plan of 

 construction. Cugnot's original engine (upper figure) was l)uilt in France in 1769. 

 The vcHicle shown above was made in 1770, after Cugnot's designs, for the French 

 Government. It was intended for the trans|x>rtation of artillery, and the specifi- 

 cations called for a carrying capacity of about 4§ tons and a speed of 2 J miles per 

 hour on level ground. Cugnot's original engine had attained this spee<l on a com- 

 mon road while carrying (oxxr persons; notwithstanding which fact the machine 

 above shown was for some reason never given a trial. It is now preserved in the 

 Conservatoire dcs Arts et Metiers, in Paris. It is particularly noteworthy that the 

 successful rr>ad engine of Cugnot was constructe<l in 1769, the year in which James 

 Watt took out the first patents on his steam engine. Just 60 years elapsed before 

 Stephen.son's "Rocket" convinced the world of the feasibility of transportation by 

 steam-power. 



The locomotive shown in the lower figure competed in the famous tests of 1829 

 against the "Rocket" and the "Sans Pareil." It excitetl much interest, attaining a 

 speed of almost ,^2 miles jht hour when running light, but owing to V)reakdowns 

 was unable to fulfill the required tests and was therefore withdrawn from the com- 

 petition. It was afterwards used commercially. 



