biography
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Daimler, Gottlieb (Wilhelm)
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pronunciation:
[daymler], originally [
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| lived:
| (1834–1900)
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| biography:
| Engineer, born in Schorndorf, SW Germany. He worked from 1872 on improving the gas engine, and in 1885 patented a high-speed internal combustion engine. With Maybach he produced an engine-driven bicycle (1885, perhaps the first motorcycle), converted a horse-drawn carriage into a petrol-engined vehicle (1886), and designed one of the earliest roadworthy motor cars (1889). In 1890, he founded the Daimler Automobile Co in Cannstatt, near Stuttgart. |
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