- PII
- S0205-96060000616-4-1
- DOI
- 10.31857/S60000616-4-1
- Publication type
- Article
- Status
- Published
- Authors
- Volume/ Edition
- Volume 37 / Issue 1
- Pages
- 50-84
- Abstract
- This analysis of publications and patents reconsiders the contributions of the famous German inventor Gottlieb Daimler. Some widespread perceptions regarding his role cannot find justification, in particular the myths that often circulate in the German mass media that credit him with the invention of the automobile and of the liquid fuel internal combustion engine, based on his two “great inventions” (German patents 28022 and 28243). In fact, Daimler used in these patents the earlier ideas of the four- stroke engine patented by Nikolaus August Otto and the ignition tube patented by Leo Funck. Daimler’s own original contribution of thermal isolation for the combustion chamber, proposed in these patents, did not prove particularly useful. His real priority lies in the first experiments on using the internal combustion engine in various transportation devices.
- Keywords
- Gottlieb Daimler, Wilhelm Maybach, automobile, internal combustion engine, technological myths
- Date of publication
- 01.01.2016
- Number of purchasers
- 1
- Views
- 1218
RAS PresidiumVoprosy istorii estestvoznaniia i tekhniki
- ISSN (Print) 0205-9606
- ISSN (Online)2713-041X
ONCE AGAIN ABOUT GOTTLIEB DAIMLER’S CONTRIBUTION TO AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
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