Assertion: steam engine's piston | /r/HasProperty | transmitted to the driving wheels
Facets:
value: directly
type: MANNER
value: by means
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: In 1801, Richard Trevithick constructed an experimental steam-driven vehicle (Puffing Devil) which was equipped with a firebox enclosed within the boiler, with one vertical cylinder, the motion of the single piston being transmitted directly to the driving wheels by means of connecting rods.