Steam Horse – cyberneticzoo.com http://cyberneticzoo.com a history of cybernetic animals and early robots Sun, 28 Feb 2016 08:33:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 French Steam Horse “Cheval Vapeur” – Model (French) http://cyberneticzoo.com/steammen/french-steam-horse-cheval-vapeur-model-french/ http://cyberneticzoo.com/steammen/french-steam-horse-cheval-vapeur-model-french/#comments Tue, 29 Jun 2010 11:25:02 +0000 http://cyberneticzoo.com/?p=3175 This French model, attributed to Alain Gillier, looks as if it is a working model, with the steam boiler in the cart, and a flexible tube leading to the engine mounted in the body. You can see the flywheel in the shadows.  The linkages are similar to other Mechanical Horses in this blog. I have […]

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