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  1. May 8, 2024 · May 8, 2024. Brian Corey. George B. Selden driving an automobile in 1905. When patent lawyer George B. Selden first filed with the US Patent Office for an internal combustion engine on May 8, 1879, it included the application of the device on a four wheel vehicle. Selden named it the Road Engine.

  2. Nov 5, 2019 · November 5, 2019. by Amy Norcross. Comments 4. Advertisement. George B Selden, a patent lawyer and inventor from Rochester, NY, was granted a US patent ( No. 549,160) in late 1895 for an “improved road engine” powered by a “liquid-hydrocarbon engine of the compression type.”. Inspired by George Brayton’s internal-combustion engine ...

  3. May 8, 2018 · A few years before European automotive pioneers such as Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler introduced their own versions of the "horseless carriage," a lawyer and inventor from Rochester, New York, named George B. Selden filed the first U.S. patent for an automobile.

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  5. Feb 17, 2018 · George B. Selden September 14, 1846 8211 January 17, 1922 a lawyer and inventor was granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile on November 5, 1895. George B. Selden was...

  6. Mar 24, 2024 · While many people credit Henry Ford as the father of the modern car, it was actually Selden who held the first patent for an automobile. His invention laid the foundation for the development of the automobile as we know it today. In this article, we will explore the life and contributions of George Selden, the forgotten father of the car patent.

  7. The Selden Motor Vehicle Company was founded by George B. Selden, whose 1877 patent was the first U.S. patent of a "horseless carriage" which because of numerous later amendments was not granted until 1895. To make the patent more credible, in 1907 Selden built a car on the lines of the 1877 design.

  8. George B. Selden was a patent attorney who never built a car. He received his patent for an updated version liquid-hydrocarbon compression engine, essentially the four wheeled car, that he had completed in 1878, eight years before the Benz auto was introduced as the first car in 1886.

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