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Daimler, Benz and the first motor cars (1885–86)

On the Industrial Revolution map as “Cannstatt”

1885–1886 — Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach build a petrol engine at Cannstatt. Meanwhile, 100 km away at Mannheim, Carl Benz patents his motor car. The internal combustion engine is born in Germany.

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Turning point
Chapter
Second Industrial Revolution (chapter 8 of Industrial Revolution)
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The Industrial Revolution, 1750–1914
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Map showing Daimler, Benz and the first motor cars (1885–86), turning point in The Industrial Revolution, 1750–1914
TURNING POINT · THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, 1750–1914

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