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    Posted 7 years ago

    jheier1
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    ran across this at a hobby store and wondered what it was. moving the wheels causes a few gears to rotate. I"m assuming the brass component was the water jacket.

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    1. jscott0363 jscott0363, 7 years ago
      Very cool! Could it be a steam driven machine of some sort? Perhaps a steam driven toy? Just a guess.
    2. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 7 years ago
      Put water in the "bulb", a fire underneath, and away you go. Probably use some type of alcohol burner or pellet. Neat.

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    3. SpiritBear, 7 years ago
      World's first 'car', invented in China several hundred years ago, looked like that.

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