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New Era of Transportation
Cars were first manufactured in 1886 by a German inventor by the name of Carl Benz, making the Benz Patent-Motorwagen. http://blog.world-mysteries.com/science/127-years-of-modern-automobile-evolution/ -
Materials and About the Benz Patent-Motorwagen's Engine
He used a single-chamber 4-stroke motor with a dislodging of 0.954 of a liter foreseen components: a crankshaft with parity weights, electric start and water cooling: enough to create 0.55 kW and a top speed of 16 km/h, for all intents and purposes relating to the force of an entire stallion. http://www.mercedes-benz.com.au/content/australia/mpc/mpc_australia__website/en/home_mpc/passengercars/home/passenger_cars_world/heritage/125years/1886.html -
Car Manufacturing
The first car manufacturers were a French company Panhard & Levassor and Peugeot. http://inventors.about.com/od/famousinventions/fl/History-of-the-Automobile-The-Assembly-Line.htm -
Rene Panhard and Emile Levassor
Rene Panhard and Emile Levassor made their first car in 1890 with a Daimler Engine. Not only did they make and sell cars, they made the body design better. http://inventors.about.com/od/famousinventions/fl/History-of-the-Automobile-The-Assembly-Line.htm -
"Ford" Begins
Henry Ford leaves Thomas Edison on 1899 to focus on his car industry. He made his first working engine at 1893 and made his first first horseless carriage, called the Quadricycle, at 1896. Ford begins his industry at Detroit with a patent in the name of his investor and Detroit’s mayor, William C. Maybury about a carburetor he had built the year before. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/henry-ford-leaves-edison-to-start-automobile-company -
First Brakes on a Car
Four wheel brakes fitted for the first time on a Scottish made Argyll. Front brakes operated by a foot pedal, a hand lever operates the rear brakes. https://prezi.com/pcacoikja38y/automobile-history/ -
First SeatBelts
Swedish automaker in volvo made these seatbelts as a safety caution after famous actor James Dean died in a spectacular two-vehicle crash in the Southern California desert. If he had seat-belts on, he possibly would have survived. http://www.bestattorney.com/auto-defects/defective-seatbelts/history-of-seat-belts.html
