Michaux-Perreaux steam wheel

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Michaux Perreaux steam wheel from 1869
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The French Michaux-Perreaux steam bike from 1869 was a forerunner of the motorcycle .

Development and technology

The steam wheel by Pierre Michaux and Louis-Guillaume Perreaux, patented on December 26th 1868 according to one source, and December 1869 according to other sources, had an iron Michaux bicycle frame on which the inventors built a 31 cm³ small steam engine with a spirit-heated boiler. The power was transmitted to the belt rim of the rear wheel with two cord straps. At the same time, the steam wheel had cranks on the front wheel, as the steam drive was only designed as an auxiliary drive. The power specified for the steam engine with a bore of 22 mm and a stroke of 80 mm is 1 to 2 HP. The steam engine with a dead weight of 61 kg helped the steam wheel, which weighed 88 kg, to a top speed of 15 km / h.

The route Paris- Saint-Germain (15 km) was covered with the steam bike in April 1870 . The high center of gravity and the heat under the driver's saddle prevented commercial success. Wilhelm Maybach probably had a description of the Michaux Perreaux steam wheel from an American magazine. The original model that has been preserved is now in the possession of the Musée de l'Île de France in Sceaux .

Web links

Commons : Michaux-Perreaux steam wheel  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Martin Limpf: The motorcycle. Deutsches Museum, Treatises and Reports. 51st year, 1983, issue 1, ISBN 3-486-27571-2 . P. 8
  2. ^ The Art Of The Motorcycle. Guggenheim Museum, Las Vegas. ISBN 0-89207-207-5 . P. 25
  3. ^ A b Christian Bartsch (ed.): A century of motorcycle technology. VDI-Verlag Düsseldorf. ISBN 3-18-400757-X . P. 10
  4. ↑ Charles M. Falco: The Art and Materials Science of 190-mph Superbikes ( Memento of the original from March 6, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on November 8, 2011; PDF; 1.6 MB) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.optics.arizona.edu
  5. ^ LJK Setright: The Guinness Book of Motorcycling. Facts and Feats. 1982, ISBN 0-85112-255-8 , p. 10
  6. ^ Christian Bartsch (ed.): A century of motorcycle technology. VDI-Verlag Düsseldorf. ISBN 3-18-400757-X . P. 11
  7. ^ The Art Of The Motorcycle. Guggenheim Museum, Las Vegas. ISBN 0-89207-207-5 . P. 99