Brass Era Garage

Brass Era Garage

The first cars, 1891 to 1909, rebuilt as physics simulations you can drive. Each one runs in your browser on the same engine the models were tested with.

  1. 1 · Rolling downhillAn 1891 Panhard on a slope: weight, normal force, friction and its brake, drawn as arrows. Check ΣF = ma for yourself.
  2. The garageDrive all five cars, from the Panhard to the Model T, with the same controls.

For students aged 14 to 18. More lessons, starting with springs and a bumpy ride, are on the way.

Code: MIT. Lesson texts: CC BY 4.0, free to reuse with credit. Physics: MuJoCo (Apache 2.0).