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Bertha Benz. Bertha Benz ( German: [ˈbɛʁta ˈbɛnts] ⓘ; née Cäcilie Bertha Ringer; 3 May 1849 – 5 May 1944) was a German automotive pioneer. She was the business partner, investor and wife of automobile inventor Karl Benz. On 5 August 1888, she was the first person to drive an internal-combustion-engined automobile over a long distance ...
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- First person in history to drive an automobile over a long distance
- Johann Benz (father-in-law), Josephine Benz (mother-in-law)
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May 1, 2024 · Bertha Benz (born May 3, 1849, Pforzheim, Germany—died May 5, 1944, Ladenburg) German automotive pioneer who was instrumental in the development of the first engine-powered carriage, or automobile. She is best known for embarking on the world’s first long-distance drive in the Patent-Motorwagen, a car built by her husband, Karl Benz.
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Oct 3, 2017 · In this nonfiction joyride, Bertha Benz and her sons drive across Germany in the world's first automobile. It's 1888 and Bertha Benz's husband, Karl, has invented the prototype Benz motorwagen. But the German government declares the vehicle illegal, and the church calls it the devil's work.
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Bertha Benz. Inducted 2016. 1849 - 1944. On the morning of August 5, 1888, Bertha Benz and her two oldest sons quietly left their house and unknowingly changed the world forever. While Bertha’s husband Carl lay asleep, she left a note on the kitchen table informing him that they were leaving to visit her mother in Pforzheim, Germany, some 60 ...
May 3, 2018 · Bertha Benz, pioneer of the automotive road trip, was born May 3, 1849. Bertha was the wife and partner of Karl Benz, who built the first automobile powered by an internal combusion engine in 1885. This prototype is called the Benz Patent Motorwagen no. 1, and it still survives, in the Deutsches Museum in Munich (third image). Karl quickly built an improved model (1887), of which there ...
Oct 3, 2017 · Jan Adkins. 4.06. 70 ratings19 reviews. In this nonfiction joyride, Bertha Benz and her sons drive across Germany in the world's first automobile. It's 1888 and Bertha Benz's husband, Karl, has invented the prototype Benz motorwagen. But the German government declares the vehicle illegal, and the church calls it the devil's work.
Oct 3, 2023 · The Invincible Miss Cust is Penny’s debut historical fiction. It will be followed by a second work of historical fiction in 2023. The Woman at the Wheel is based on the life of Bertha Benz, the wife of the "father of the automobile", Carl Benz. It will be published by Landmark Sourcebooks on October 3, 2023. Penny also the author of 2022 ...
