In 1909, this man created the "Blitzen" for Victor Hemery, who set a world record.
In 1909, this man created the "Blitzen" for Victor Hemery, who set a world record. This man's wife Bertha invented brake linings on a pioneering sixty-six-mile trip from Mannheim to Pforzheim. This inventor of the "flat" or "boxer" engine produced machines called the Viktoria and Velo. He was a rival of Emil Jellinek, whose (*) daughter gave her name to a company co-named for this man. In 1886, this contemporary of Wilhelm Maybach and Gottlieb Daimler produced a three-wheeled Patent-Moterwagen. For 10 points, name this German inventor of the gas-powered automobile who names a company also named for Mercedes.
In 1909, this man created the "Blitzen" for Victor Hemery, who set a world record.
Karl Friedrich Benz [or Karl Friedrich Michael Vaillant]