The Birth of the Automobile

from Horsepower Heritage · host Maurice Merrick

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 LinksPhillip II's Royal Coachhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V07t3DtPskMCugnot's Steam Tractorhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3p55J-VA5kJames Watt's Steam Enginehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_SZtGJJ7Yo&t=66sOtto Engine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09cqOUHbmBIBenz Patent Motorwagenhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL_mJeb6O04&t=106sMusic CreditsDionisio Aguado y Garcia, Glissando in E Minor, Jurgen Knuthhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/legalcode"All the Tea In China" by Shane Ivershttps://www.silvermansound.comhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcodeOverture, Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Jean-Baptiste Lullyhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/Haydn Symphony No.104 in D major, 'London' Hob.I:104https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/An der schönen blauen Donau, Johann Strauß Jr.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/Etude Op. 10 no. 6, Fredric Chopinhttps://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/Support the showHELP us grow the audience! SHARE the Podcast with your friends!

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