but a team of British engineers and stunt drivers will attempt to break it with the Steam Car. The Steam Car works by burning liquid petroleum fuel at 750° F, which heats 10.5 gallons of water ...

Something new in transportation, a steam car modelled after the old Stanley Steamer, made its debut here Wednesday night with a Yale man at the wheel. Gilbert Stevenson, Yale '36, of Polham ...

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As Supercars.net tells us, the very first self-propelled vehicle was in fact a steam car designed by Nicholas Joseph Cugnot in 1769. Yes, you read that right – seventeen-sixty-nine. Seven years ...

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The steam-powered car is considered an old-fashioned relic in today's age, but in his latest video showing off his 1925 Doble E-20, Jay Leno demonstrates that at its best, steam provided a ...

Who made the first cars? Beginning in the 1770s, many people tried to make cars that would run on steam. Some early steam cars worked well, and some did not. Some were fire pumpers that moved by ...