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The only manufacturer [...] no firm orders followed.
Thanks for the information.
The name then is basically "the tractable horse." By contrast, it almost suggests Bollée had a low opinion of horses. Had a bad experience with one, probably. Conjecture : Bollée was bucked by a horse.
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Conjecture : Bollée was bucked by a horse.
That, or he just never got the hang of driving a horse-drawn vehicle. Horses know when the one holding the reins has no idea what he's doing and act accordingly.
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Amedee Bollee Sr. was the most remarkable of the steam-car pioneers. Heir to a bell foundry at Le Mans, he added mechanical workshops and built a series of advanced-design vehicles from 1873 to 1883. There was nothing particularly new or refined in his steam power systems, but his sense of vehicle architecture was superb. 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. Bollee built a series of steam carriages with romantic names like Rapide and L'Obeissante (the Obedient One). His sons, Amedee Jr. and Leon, both became makers of gasoline-powered cars. Amedee Sr. also invented an independent front-wheel suspension system with upper and lower transverse leaf springs in 1878. Bollée
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