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Invention of Automobile

France · Science / Technology. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1896Date range
2Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1896

Emile Levasor1896

Science / Technology

Places the engine in the front of the car

Rene Panhard1896

Science / Technology

Places the engine in the front of the car

Names involved

Emile LevasorRene Panhard

Provenance

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