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Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler was the son of a baker named Johannes Däumler (Daimler) and his wife Frederika, from the town of Schorndorf near Stuttgart, Württemberg. By the age of 13 (1847), he had completed six years of primary studies in Lateinschule and became interested in engineering.
In 1896, Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach began developing a truck with a 1.06-liter two-cylinder four-stroke engine built into the rear, which developed 4 hp (2.9 kW ). The one with hot-tube ignition and injection nozzle carburetor equipped engine was the first prototype built yet behind the rear axle and driving the rear wheels through a ...
Flutes: Daimler's traditional radiator grille topped by now-vestigial cooling fins adopted by 1905. The Daimler Company Limited (/ ˈ d eɪ m l ər / DAYM-lər), before 1910 known as the Daimler Motor Company Limited, was an independent British motor vehicle manufacturer founded in London by H. J. Lawson in 1896, which set up its manufacturing base in Coventry.
The Daimler Reitwagen ("riding car") or Einspur ("single track") was a motor vehicle made by Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach in 1885. It is widely recognized as the first motorcycle . [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Daimler is often called "the father of the motorcycle" for this invention.
[10] [11] In 1890, Gottlieb Daimler, inventor of the high-speed liquid petroleum-fueled engine, and Wilhelm Maybach formed Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft. In 1926, the company merged with Benz & Cie. (founded by Carl Benz in 1883) to form Daimler-Benz, known for its Mercedes-Benz automobile brand.
1896: First truck (Daimler Motor Lastwagen) by Gottlieb Daimler [589] 1897: Flat engine by Karl Benz [590] 1897: Internal combustion engine taxicab by Gottlieb Daimler [591] 1901: Mercedes 35 hp, regarded by some as the first real modern automobile, [592] by Paul Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach. The car also had the world's first drum brakes. [593]
Gottlieb Daimler, co-founder of Mercedes-Benz Inventor Caroline Eichler. Gottlieb Daimler: He invented the first high-speed petrol engine and the first four-wheel automobile, also the first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen. Adolf "Adi" Dassler: Sports shoes with and without spikes; founder of Adidas.
Gottlieb Daimler (1834–1900), German inventor, industrialist and namesake of a series of automobile companies Adolf Daimler (1871–1913), engineer and son of Gottlieb Daimler Paul Daimler (1869–1945), engineer and son of Gottlieb Daimler