The History of

the Automobile

Baciu Sebastian Andrei

Studniczky Carol Andrei

Foreword
Once he learned how to walk in two
feet and said his first words , the
passion for cars is starting to develop
in every boys soul.
This is the main reason for why I
have choesen The history of cars
to be the title of my school
certificate.

Chapter I
The Beggining of the Automobile
Several Italians recorded designs for
wind driven vehicles. The first was Guido
da Vigevano in 1335. Vaturio designed a
similar vehicle which was also never
built. Later Leonardo da Vinci designed a
clockwork driven tricycle with tiller
steering and a differential mechanism
between the rear wheels.

Chapter II
The Production of the Automobiles begins
Automobile History officially began January
29, 1886, when Karl Benz applied for a patent
for the later recognized first car invented, his
Benz Patent-Motorwagen. Almost
simultaneously, Gottlieb Daimler, after
inventing the first Otto's cycle petrol engine,
was working on the first four-wheeled
automobile ever built, the Daimler Motorized
Coach, in partnership with his long time
friend Wilhelm Mybach.

Chapter III
How the Car Changed
the Country, Town by Town

In 1903, in Winfield, Kansas Mr. H. T.

Trice is seen standing in from of the
first car in town. Actually it was more
like a truck and was used to haul
customers out to see land. The
railroads brought potential customers
to town and Mr. Trice picked them up
at the depot and took them out to his

Chapter IV
The Impact of the Automobile on the 20th Century

The steam-driven automobile lasted into 1920's.

However, the price on steam powered engines,
either to build or maintain was incomparable to
the gas powered engines. Not only was the price
a problem, but the risk of a boiler explosion also
kept the steam engine from becoming popular.
The combustion engine continually beat out the
competition, and the early American automobile
pioneers like Ransom E. Olds and Henry Ford
built reliable combustion engines, rejecting the
ideas of steam or electrical power from the start.

Chapter V
Famous Automobile Manufacturers
Henry Ford
Ford showed mechanical aptitude at an early age and
left (1879) his father's farm to work as an apprentice in
a Detroit machine shop. He soon returned to his home,
but after considerable experimentation with powerdriven vehicles, he went (1890) to Detroit again and
worked as a machinist and engineer with the Edison
Company. Ford continued working in his spare time as
well, and in 1896 he completed his first automobile
Resigning (1899) from the Edison Company he launched
the Detroit Automobile Company.

Chapter VI
Automobiles and the Environment

Pollutants derived from automobile

operation have begun to pose
environmental problems of considerable
magnitude. It has been calculated, for
example, that 70% of the carbon
monoxide, 45% of the nitrogen oxides,
and 34% of the hydrocarbon pollution in
the United States can be traced directly to
automobile exhausts.

Chapter VIII

Automobile Industry and Development

Although ancient Chinese writers described

steam-powered vehicles, and both steam- and
electric-powered cars competed with gaspowered vehicles in the late 19th cent.
Frenchman Jean Joseph tienne developed the
first practical internal-combustion engine
(1860), and later in the decade several
inventors, most notably Karl Benz and Gottlieb
Daimler, produced gas-powered vehicles that
ultimately dominated the industry because
they were lighter and less expensive to build.

Conclusion
In my opinion , if you are a smart
person and you dont wanna show off
in front of your friends and stuff like
this , cars are the best invention ever
made.
If you know your limits, the car cant
be considered a dangerous mean of
transport.
DRIVE SAFE!