The Birth of the Boat Exploring the Mind of the Inventor

Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot (26 February 1725 – 2 October 1804) was a French inventor who built the world's first full-size and working self-propelled mechanical ... In 1835, Thomas Davenport, a blacksmith from Brandon, Vermont, built a small-scale electric car. Davenport was also the inventor of the first of the first ... In 1886, Benz created the three-wheeled motor car, known as the “Motorwagen." This vehicle often is considered the first truly modern automobile. For #NationalInventorsDay, we recognize the pioneer who invented the first automobile; Carl (Karl) Benz. 135 years ago he registered his no.1 ... Their company built the first Daimler vehicle, run by Otto's four-stroke engine. In 1890, the first Daimler car was sold. Already in the 1890s and the first ... Carl Benz in his first Model I patent motor car from 1886, taken in Munich in 1925. Just one horsepower moves the whole world. During the 1950's the Amphicar Corporation was formed and Hanns Trippel designed his first post-war amphibious car, the three seat Alligator. The Mini caused a sensation with its design and rather small size in the late 1950s thanks to its inventor, the Englishman Alec Issigonis. The Great American behind the first abandoned car is Oliver Evans, and the car even had a name: The Oruktor Amphibolos. The first gentleman to successfully create an application of the internal combustion engine for a self-propelled vehicle was Carl Benz.