Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot was a French inventor who built the world's first full-size and working self-propelled mechanical land-vehicle, the 'Fardier ˆ vapeur' Ð effectively the world's first automobile. Cugnot's 1770 fardier ˆ vapeur, as preserved at the MusŽe des Arts et MŽtiers, Paris, France

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