Jacquot was an early French steam automobile, built in 1878 by a Frenchman named Jacquot from Chantilly. It had four wheels, with larger wheels and a wider track at the rear than at the front, and a steam engine with two separate cylinders whose boiler sat above the front axle; power reached the rear wheels through two leather belts, driving a gearbox with herringbone-cut gears. Steering used a simple turntable…
