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Gabriel Songco

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Julio Genova

Ms. Catherine Bersola

Physics Teacher

Table of Contents
Title Page.page
1
Introduction.page
2
a. Statement of the Problem
b. Formulation of Hypothesis
c. Significance of the study
d. Scope and delimitation of the study
e. Background of the Study

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A.

Statement of the problem

In this study, there are many
problems that could be formulated.
But, we are only focusing for only
two problems.
The first problem is how the steam
will make our car work. Nowadays,
the typical source of energy for cars
is gas which is found from burned
coals. So, in this study we are
planning to find a new way to make
of cars work.
The second problem is what would
be the best design for our car and
what would be the fastest design for
our project.
B. Formulation of Hypothesis
Our first hypothesis for the first
problem is that the car needs a push

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before moving because we think that

steam only is not enough.
Our second hypothesis for our first
problem is that we need a lot of
water and charcoal wherein we can
use for a longer period of time. And
through that we can make steam
move our car.
For our second problem our
hypothesis would be the car needs a
tube with a small hole to make the
car faster. The bigger the hole, the
slower it would become.
Our second hypothesis the lighter
the car the faster it would become.
C.

Significance of the Study

In our study, it will help you have a
new and cheap way of making a car.
Henceforth, this study will help us
appreciate the small things, even the

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smoke. Through this we will make

the steam valuable for all of us.
D.

Scope and delimitation

Our study will focus on Newtons
second and third law of motion. It is
only limited to the laws of motion
because our focus is only in motion.
Here are our materials and
procedures:
Materials:
Board
Tube
Two body where the water will be stored
(Different sizes to make sure what size
would be the best.
Charcoal
Hot water
Sticks
Tape
Cork
Wheels
Cutter
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 Screw and screw driver

Procedures:
1. First, gather all the materials.
2. Then, build the body.
a. To build the body you must first put
the sticks on top of the board. This
will be the holder of the body. Dont
make it too high. It will not be
pleasing to see.
b. Then, put the body, to ensure its
safety attach it using a tape. Then,
put the tube at the back of the body
with a hole to make it move. Close
the tube by a cork with a small hole.
c. To make it move put the wheels at
the bottom of the board using a
screw and a screw driver.
3. Finally, test the car/s. Remember to
make not only one to make sure and
to know that the one that you will pass
is the fastest deign that you could
make.
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E.

Background of the study

The automobile as we know it was not invented in a

single day by a single inventor. The history of the
automobile reflects an evolution that took place
worldwide. It is estimated that over 100,000 patents
created the modern automobile. However, we can point
to the many firsts that occurred along the way. Starting
with the first theoretical plans for a motor vehicle that
had been drawn up by both Leonardo da Vinci and Isaac
Newton.
In 1769, the very first self-propelled road vehicle was a
military tractor invented by French engineer and
mechanic, Nicolas Joseph Cugnot (1725 - 1804). Cugnot
used a steam engineto power his vehicle, built under his
instructions at the Paris Arsenal by mechanic Brezin. It
was used by the French Army to haul artillery at a
whopping speed of 2 1/2 mph on only three wheels. The
vehicle had to stop every ten to fifteen minutes to build
up steam power. The steam engine and boiler were
separate from the rest of the vehicle and placed in the
front (see engraving above). The following year (1770),
Cugnot built a steam-powered tricycle that carried four
passengers.
In 1771, Cugnot drove one of his road vehicles into a
stone wall, making Cugnot the first person to get into a
motor vehicle accident. This was the beginning of bad
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luck for the inventor. After one of Cugnot's patrons died

and the other was exiled, the money for Cugnot's road
vehicle experiments ended.
Steam engines powered cars by burning fuel that heated
water in a boiler, creating steam that expanded and
pushed pistons that turned the crankshaft, which then
turned the wheels. During the early history of selfpropelled vehicles - both road and railroad vehicles were
being developed with steam engines. (Cugnot also
designed two steam locomotives with engines that never
worked well.) Steam engines added so much weight to a
vehicle that they proved a poor design for road vehicles;
however, steam engines were very successfully used in
locomotives. Historians, who accept that early steampowered road vehicles were automobiles, feel
that Nicolas Cugnot was the inventor of the first
automobile.
After Cugnot Several Other Inventors Designed SteamPowered Road Vehicles

Cugnot's vehicle was improved by Frenchman,

Onesiphore Pecqueur, who also invented the first
differential gear.

In 1789, the first U.S. patent for a steam-powered

land vehicle was granted to Oliver Evans.

In 1801, Richard Trevithick built a road carriage

powered by steam - the first in Great Britain.

In Britain, from 1820 to 1840, steam-powered

stagecoaches were in regular service. These were later
banned from public roads and Britain's railroad system
developed as a result.

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Steam-driven road tractors (built by Charles Deitz)

pulled passenger carriages around Paris and Bordeaux
up to 1850.

In the United States, numerous steam coaches were

built from 1860 to 1880. Inventors included: Harrison
Dyer, Joseph Dixon, Rufus Porter, and William T. James.

Amedee Bollee Sr. built advanced steam cars from

1873 to 1883. The "La Mancelle" built in 1878, had a
front-mounted engine, shaft drive to the differential,
chain drive to the rear wheels, steering wheel on a
vertical shaft and driver's seat behind the engine. The
boiler was carried behind the passenger compartment.

In 1871, Dr. J. W. Carhart, professor of physics at

Wisconsin State University, and the J. I. Case Company
built a working steam car that won a 200-mile race.
Reference: http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aacarssteama.htm

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