The Birth of the Automobile

A king's carriage, an emporer's toy, a soldier's contraption. Steam and oil and sweat and toil. Learn about the long road we travelled to make the automobile a reality.







YouTube Links

Phillip II's Royal Coach
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V07t3DtPskM
Cugnot's Steam Tractor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3p55J-VA5k
James Watt's Steam Engine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_SZtGJJ7Yo&t=66s
Otto Engine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09cqOUHbmBI
Benz Patent Motorwagen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL_mJeb6O04&t=106s



Music Credits

Dionisio Aguado y Garcia, Glissando in E Minor, Jurgen Knuth
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"All the Tea In China" by Shane Ivers
https://www.silvermansound.com
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Overture, Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Jean-Baptiste Lully
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Haydn Symphony No.104 in D major, 'London' Hob.I:104
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An der schönen blauen Donau, Johann Strauß Jr.
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Etude Op. 10 no. 6, Fredric Chopin
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