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Record 1 2017-10-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Motor Vehicles and Bicycles
  • Farm Tractors
  • History of Technology
DEF

A steam-powered locomotive used, esp formerly, for drawing heavy loads along roads or over rough ground.

OBS

[Traction engines] are also known as "road locomotives" to distinguish them from railway steam locomotives – that is, steam engines that run on rails.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de véhicules automobiles et de bicyclettes
  • Tracteurs agricoles
  • Histoire des techniques
CONT

Véhicules à vapeur. [En 1855], Lotz, Cail, Albaret construisent des locomotives routières.

CONT

Il y eut des accidents liés [...] au renversement des remorques tirées par les locomotives routières.

Spanish

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