Karl Benz
1844 – 1929 · Germany · Engineering
Built and patented the first practical automobile.
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Inherited from1
- Nikolaus Otto
1832 – 1891 · Engineering
The four-stroke cycle is the engine Benz put under a patented motorcar.
Passed the work to1
- Henry Ford
1863 – 1947 · Business, Engineering
Ford industrialised the automobile Benz invented.
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