On this day in 1886 Karl Benz patented the first internal combustion engine on a motor car. The engine had been in development throughout 1885, and the first ever motor car was available for sale ...

Since Karl Benz patented his contra motor in 1896, the flat-twin engine has been used in virtually every device that requires internal combustion engines. Its continued development and advancement ...

Karl Benz filed a patent application for his revolutionary creation, the Benz Patent Motor Car, Model No. 1, often regarded ...

Karl Benz’s Patent-Motorwagen was a groundbreaking invention that changed the course of history. It was the first vehicle designed specifically to be powered by an internal combustion engine.

Karl Benz received the patent # 37435. In the fall of 1885, the world’s first water-cooled gasoline engine automobile (horseless carriage) rolled down the streets in ...

The award was accepted by Dr. Günter Karl, responsible for ... development of the internal combustion engine - made its first appearance in the Mercedes-Benz F 700 research vehicle at this ...

Karl Benz and Henry Ford. Prior to this the steam locomotive had started a revolution. Richard Trevithick’s design had a boiler but this was removed to make the internal combustion engine.

the internal combustion engine. Their work leads to the production of the first gasoline-powered car models, freeing humankind from dependence on horses. Karl Benz discovers a potent, portable ...