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Daimler patent: engine with vertical cylinder

Daimler patent: engine with vertical cylinder

3 April 1885
Gottlieb Daimler submits a patent application for an engine with vertical cylinder. Daimler developed the unit jointly...

Daimler "riding car": world's first motorcycle

Daimler "riding car": world's first motorcycle

29 August 1885
Gottlieb Daimler registers a patent for a two-wheeled "vehicle with gas or petroleum engine" (patent no. DRP 36 423 issu...