automotive, cars
"Transitional model of a popular car" – so officially representatives of Skoda defined presented in 1955 r. automobile, marked with a number 440 (the so-called. Spartak). This symbol referred to the company's custom from years 30., consisting in encoding the number of cylinders in the name (4) and engine power … read on
The VW Beetle described below is not only an embellished product of the German company. Another car was created thanks to the owner's commitment. Little is left of the production car. But there is one thing that can never be taken away from him - his distinctive appearance, which makes some people pity, a u … read on
He also made Nuremberg famous in 1685 year second watchmaker, Stefan Farfler, having paralyzed both legs. His three-wheeled vehicle was manually driven by cranks, similar to today's wheelchairs. About Farfler's second vehicle, already four-wheeled, the press wrote, that the noble inventor was driving … read on
In those days, there was still a long way to go to the car., there was no engine. Therefore, the efforts of the constructors went only in the direction of independence or from the draft animal., or from people walking outside the vehicle and building a "self-driving"” also driven by people or … read on
Fifty years later, a skilled mechanic worked at the tsarist court in St. Petersburg, Iwan Piotrowicz Kulibin. Every day he saw magnificent carriages from the window of his room, the famous Russian troika”, and even luxurious carriages drawn by four or six magnificent horses. Kulibin miał jednak wciąż w pamięci owe biedne … read on
Ideas for building a car powered by human muscles were born not only in Western Europe, but also in the east. In Russia, in Jaransk, lived an extremely gifted master carpentry, Leontij Szamszurenkow. We know little about his life, except this, that he was an unlearned man, but very gifted. … read on
In year 1748 a bizarre vehicle was also released, which was built by a Frenchman, Jacque de Vaucanson. He modernized and reworked the design of his compatriot, Richard, Pre 58 years, using a series of large spiral springs, Same, which were used in tower clocks. Chronicles of that time gave, that "(…) … read on
The Englishman's vehicle built in the eighteenth century deserves a mention, John Bevers. It was a small four-wheeled vehicle, in which you sat comfortably, steering the front wheels with a "funnel"”; while the servant, standing behind the passenger compartment, trampled on the pedals of the crank mechanism, connected by a gearbox with rear wheels. Biorąc pod … read on