Steam locomotive

Japanese: steam locomotive（英語表記）steamlocomotive

...A locomotive with a boiler and a steam engine as its prime mover. In Japan, it is often abbreviated as SL, which is the abbreviation of the English "steam locomotive."
[History of development and decline]
The first steam car, with wheels turned by a steam engine, appeared in 1769, shortly after J. Watt invented the steam engine. An attempt was made by N.J. Cugnot of France, who is said to have run it for 15 minutes at a speed of 3.6 km per hour on a normal road.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "steam locomotive" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ボイラーをもち，蒸気機関を原動機とした機関車。日本では英語のsteam locomotiveの頭文字をとってSLと略称されることも多い。
［発達と衰退の歴史］
　蒸気機関で車輪を回して走る蒸気車が出現したのは，J.ワットが蒸気機関を発明してまもなくの1769年で，フランスのN.J.キュニョーによって試みられ，ふつうの道路を時速3.6kmの速さで15分間走行したといわれている。…

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