A study of the Peugeot-Serpollet automobile displayed at the 1889 World’s Fair (Exposition Universelle), based on the late 19th century publications

Svetlana A. Pozhidaeva; Rykov Sergey Vladimirovich; Vasily G. Shishka

doi:10.62139/2949-608X-2026-4-1-163-174

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A study of the Peugeot-Serpollet automobile displayed at the 1889 World’s Fair (Exposition Universelle), based on the late 19th century publications

Svetlana A. PozhidaevaS.I. Vavilov Institute for the History of Science and Technology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Rykov Sergey VladimirovichPolytechnic Museum
Vasily G. ShishkaS.I. Vavilov Institute for the History of Science and Technology, Russian Academy of~Sciences, Moscow, Russia

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Abstract

It is stated in many languages in hundreds of books, magazine articles, and websites that the Peugeot Brothers (Peugeot Frères) exhibited a Peugeot-Serpollet Type 1 at the 1889 World’s Fair in Paris. Based on printed sources from the late 19th century, we refute this information. We examine which of the two different steam tricycles cited in different sources was displayed at the Fair and where it was manufactured.

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Svetlana A. Pozhidaeva, Rykov S. V, Vasily G. Shishka. A study of the Peugeot-Serpollet automobile displayed at the 1889 World’s Fair (Exposition Universelle), based on the late 19th century publications. Journal of the Russian National Committee for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology. 2026;4(1):163-174. doi:10.62139/2949-608X-2026-4-1-163-174