Automobiles
The early history of the automobile can be divided into a number of eras, based on the prevalent means of propulsion. Later periods were defined by trends in exterior styling, size, and utility preferences. In 1768, the first steam powered automobile capable of human transportation was built by Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot. In 1807, François Isaac de Rivaz designed the first car powered by an internal combustion engine fueled by hydrogen. In 1886 the first petrol or gasoline powered automobile the Benz Patent-Motorwagen was invented by Karl Benz. This is also considered to be the first "production" vehicle as Benz made several identical copies. At the turn of the 20th century electrically powered automobiles appeared but only occupied a niche market until the turn of the 21st century. Many vehicles were in vogue for a time, and over the next decades such innovations as hand brakes, multi-speed transmissions, and better steering developed. Some were commercially successful in providing mass transit, until a backlash against these large speedy vehicles resulted in the passage of the Locomotive Act in 1865, which required many self-propelled vehicles on public roads in the United Kingdom to be preceded by a man on foot waving a red flag and blowing a horn. This effectively killed road auto development in the UK for most of the rest of the 19th century; inventors and engineers shifted their efforts to improvements in railway locomotives. The law was not repealed until 1896, although the need for the red flag was removed in 1878
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'A.D.A.C Winter Road Race' in 1925 £6.99
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'Accumulatori Tudor' in 1911 £6.99
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'Amsterdam Automobile Exhibition' in 1906 £6.99
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'Aquila & Pirelli' in 1914 £6.99
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'Aquila & Pirelli' in 1914 £6.99
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'Aquila & Pirelli' in 1914 £6.99
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'Aquila Car Manufacturers' in 1913 £6.99
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'Aquila' in 1911 £6.99
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'Auto-Garage Central' by Ramon Casas in 1901 £6.99
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'Automobile Club Belgique. Course Bruxelles - Spa' in 1898 £6.99
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'Automobile Club of Cataluña' in 1914 £6.99
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'Benz' in 1914 £6.99
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'Bianchi' in 1908 £6.99
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'Büssing Fross - Austria-Hungary' in 1916 £6.99
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'Ca-bloc' by Leonetto Cappiello in 1931 £6.99
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'Collier's automobile' by Edward Penfield in 1903 £6.99
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'Collier's, automobile section' by Edward Penfield in 1914 £6.99
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'Course de Cote de la Baroque' in 1920-1930's £6.99
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'Dunlop Pneumatic' in 1911 £6.99
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'Ercole Marelli' in 1914 £6.99
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'Goodrich Tyres' £6.99
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'Goodrich Tyres' in 1912 £6.99
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'Grand Prix, Nurburgring Germany' in 1949 £6.99
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'Grand Prize of the Automobile Club of America' in 1908 £6.99
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'Horch Automobiles' in 1908 £6.99
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'Indianapolis Motor Speedway' in 1909 £6.99
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'Ing Gola & Coneli' in 1909 £6.99
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'Legia Cycles and Automobiles' from Belgium in1898 £6.99
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'Lloyd AG, Austria-Hungary' in 1916 £6.99
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'Mercedes Daimler Motors' in 1914 £6.99
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'Messerschmitt' in 1955 £6.99
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'Moteur Ceres' in 1930's £6.99
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'Motobloc Bordeaux' in 1927 £6.99
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'Motor Coach Tours from Cheltenham' £6.99
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'Orio & Marchand Cycles and Automobiles' from Italy in the 1800's £6.99
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'Peacock Buggies' in 1897 £6.99
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'Usine Pipes' in 1890's £6.99
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'Usines Delin Cycles and Automobiles' from Belgium in 1898 £6.99
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'Zust' in 1917 £5.99
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'1st International Race Week, Spain' in 1923 £6.99
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'Bayard' in 1906 £6.99
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'Christmas WIshes' £6.99
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'Circuito di Pescara, Italy' in 1947 £6.99
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'Cycles & Automobiles Deuxième Exposition, Belgium 1897' £6.99
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'Darracq' in 1906 £6.99