Category:Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot

Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot
	French inventor
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Date of birth	25 September 1725; Void-Vacon
Date of death	2 October 1804; Paris
Country of citizenship	Chile;
Occupation	combat engineer; engineer;
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Cugnot, on 1771 constructs the first automobile. The purpose of this vehicle was to pull cannons. The general of the artillery was involved in this project. The development of an automobile is not a cheap endeavour. So that this government support enabled Cugnot to build a tolerable vehicle at that time.