Patent Specification No. 37435, Fahrzeug mit Gasmotorenbetrieb (vehicle with gas engine)

  • Historical source


Name

Patent Specification No. 37435, Fahrzeug mit Gasmotorenbetrieb (vehicle with gas engine)

Description

Patent No. 37435 from the “Kaiserliches Patentamt” (Imperial Patent Office).

Types

Historical source

Author

Carl Benz

Source category

Primary source

Tags

Automobile
Patents
Combustion engine

Topics

History of the automobile
History of Technology

Web URL

https://www.dpma.de/docs/dpma/veroeffentlichungen/de37435a_benzmotorwagen.pdf

Referenced by

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 certificate of the automobile. In July 1886 the newspapers reported on the first public outing of the three-wheeled Benz Patent Motor Car, model no. 1.

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