Karl Benz

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Karl Benz

 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

• Founder of Mercedes Benz

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Karl Friedrich Benz

• Karl Benz was born on November 25, 1844 in
• Karlsruhe, Germany.
• He is commonly regarded
• as the inventor of the
• gasoline powered automobile.
• Benz is known as the
• inventor because he was the
• first to gain a patent for his
• invention.

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Biography

• Karl Benz was born to Josephine Vaillant and
  Johann George Benz.
• Karl Benz was raised in near poverty but showed a
  talent for science in
• education. He went to grammar school and Lyzeum,
  a science
• oriented school. At fifteen, he attended the
  University of Carlsruhe.
• After coming into possession of a bicycle, Karl
  begin to envision
• concepts for the first gasoline powered car.
  However, during that time
• it was referred to as the horseless carriage.

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The First Automobile

• The first automobile was designated the Benz
  Patent Motorwagen.

Electric ignition
Differential rear end gears (mechanically operated inlet valves)
Water-cooled engine
Gas or petrol four-stroke horizontal engine
Single cylinder. Bore 116 mm, Stroke 160 mm
Patent model 958 cc, 0.8 hp, 600 W, 16 km/h
Commercialized model 1600 cc, ¾ hp, 8 mph
Steering wheel chained to front axle
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Formation of Mercedes-Benz

• In the 1920s, shortly after the World War I, the
  German
• economy was facing a serious crisis. Karl Benzs
  company
• was in deep trouble as well as another German
  automobile
• manufacturer known as Daimler Motors. In order
  to survive
• the two companies merged and became
  Mercedes-Benz.

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The Logo

• After the Daimler and Benz merged a new logo
  was conceived for the new company. The logo
  consisted of a three pointed star inside a ring.
  The three points were derived from Daimlers
  motto, which was Engines for Land, Air, and
  Water.