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Transport Before The Invention of Cars
Transport Before The Invention of Cars
The most important invention of The First Industrial revolution was the steam
engine in the second part of the 18th century. It had the enormous impact on the
development of mankind, but it was the announcement od the Second Industrial
Revolution with its even greater infuence. From 1871 to 1914 some of the greates
inventios were developed such as: Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler and the first
car power by internal combustion engine, Graham Bell and the first telephone,
Louis Pasteur and the antirabic vaccine, Rontgens discovery of x-rays, etc.
Karl Benz was born on November, 25 1844 in Germany, Mohlberge, and doed on
April, 4. 1929 in Ladenbourgi. He was a German engine designer and engineer,
generally regarded as the inventor of the first automobile.
Henry Ford was born on July 30. 1863 in Springwells, today a part of Dearborn, a
town in Michigan. He died on April, 7. 1947 at the age of 83 on his Dearbon
estate. He wa the founder of the Ford Motor Company. Because of his crutial
influence on history and culture, that period of economic social history is also
known as Fordism (mass production of inexpensive goods).
Franz C. Was the first to use a car powered ba a steam engine.
Lenoir invented the first two-stroke engine.
Benz and Gottlieb invented the firs car.
Ford was the firts to produce cars on the assembly line for mass production.
In 1876, Otto used the four-stroke engine.
In 1901, the fist car model Opel in Zagreb.