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Karl Benz

Mechanical Engineering

Karl Benz was a German engineer who filed a patent for his Benz Patent-Motorwagen on January 29, 1886, a three-wheeled vehicle with its internal combustion engine designed into the chassis from the start rather than fitted to an existing carriage. The patent, German Patent No. 37435, is conventionally treated as the birth certificate of the automobile.

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Birth Year
1844 1
Death Year
1929 1
Nationality
German 1
Karl Benz
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Automobile

Karl Benz

Clutch

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Spark Plug

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The Automobile

Karl Benz
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Mechanical Engineering, Fields

Built the first practical automobile powered by an internal combustion engine.

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Mechanical Engineering, Fields
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Invented

Automobile, Inventions
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Clutch, Inventions
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Spark Plug, Inventions
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The Automobile, Inventions
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Germany

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1. Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Carl Benz (Wikipedia)
  • In Field: Mechanical Engineering, Categories
    German mechanical engineers
  • Invented: Spark Plug, Article body
    While designing what would become the production standard for his two-stroke engine, Benz patented the speed regulation system, the ignition using sparks with battery, the spark plug, the carburetor, the clutch, the gear shift, and the water radiator.
  • Invented: Clutch, Article body
    While designing what would become the production standard for his two-stroke engine, Benz patented the speed regulation system, the ignition using sparks with battery, the spark plug, the carburetor, the clutch, the gear shift, and the water radiator.
  • In Group: Engine, Steam Power and Railway Engineers, Introduction
    Carl (or Karl) Friedrich Benz (German: [kaʁl ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈbɛnts] ; born Karl Friedrich Michael Vaillant; 25 November 1844-4 April 1929) was a German engine designer and automotive engineer.
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Automobile (Wikipedia)
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