Bertha Benz
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Bertha Benz was a German automotive pioneer. She was the business partner, investor and wife of automobile inventor Carl Benz. On 5 August 1888, she was the first person to drive an internal-combustio
Bertha Ringer, c. 1871, prior to her marriage to Carl Benz
Bertha Benz at age 18, c. 1867
The Benz Patent-Motorwagen Number 3 of 1886, used by Bertha Benz for the highly publicized first long distance road trip, 106 km (66 mi), by automobile
Carl and Bertha Benz 1925 – Zenodot Verlagsges. mbH
Benz Patent-Motorwagen
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Benz Patent-Motorwagen is used today to refer to the first cars produced by Benz & Cie between 1885 and 1893; these had three wheels, a single-cylinder four-stroke engine and belt-drive. Benz & Cie us
Bertha Benz
…inventor Carl Benz. On 5 August 1888, she was the first person to drive an internal-combustion-engined automobile over a long distance, field testing the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, inventing brake lining and solving several practical issues during the journey of 105 km (65 miles). In doing so, she brought the Patent-Motorwagen…
Benz Patent Motorwagen Evolution 1885 2022
Carl and Bertha Benz driving around Munich in their Model 2 Patent-Motorwagen, September 1888
Side views from patent DRP37435 and 3D model of the 1895 rebuild in Deutsches Museum
Side view from patent DRP37435 overlaid by parts from 3D model of the 1895 rebuild in Deutsches Museum