From Humble Beginnings Tracing the Inventor of the First Boat

Inventor Karl Benz created the first gas-powered car in 1885, receiving a patent in 1886 for his three-wheeler with a rear-mounted engine. Pictured is the first gasoline-powered automobile invented in the United States. Known as the Buckeye gasoline buggy or Lambert gasoline buggy, ... Credit for the first car often goes to Frenchman Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot who, in 1770, built a steam-powered artillery tractor. He invented the motor cycle, then went to the motorised trolley car, a motorised firefighting hose and then, almost inevitably, to the truck ... When was the first car made? Get to know the history and inventors behind the first automobile. On January 29, 1886, Carl Benz applied for a patent for his “vehicle powered by a gas engine.” The patent – number 37435 – may be regarded as the birth ... The Amphicar was conceptualized and designed by Hans Trippel, a German engineer with experience in amphibious vehicles dating back to the 1930s. During the 1950's the Amphicar Corporation was formed and Hanns Trippel designed his first post-war amphibious car, the three seat Alligator. The first theoretical plans for a motorized vehicle date back to Leonardo da Vinci and Isaac Newton. Those plans didn't come to fruition in their lifetimes, ... Next time you crank the heat in your car, remember to thank Margaret Wilcox. Margaret was a mechanical engineer who invented the first car ...