Invention of automobile -NSQF Automobile Level 1- Session 3 (History of automobile )

 Invention of Automobiles

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    Development of the automobile started in 1672 with the invention of the first stem powered vehicle, which led to the creation of the first steam-powered automobile capable of human transportation, built by Nicolas-joseph Cugnot in 1769.

                   First model in the form of toy                                                                              Source:Pintrest

                                                                                                                           

    In the year 1672 the very first such model was developed in the form of a toy. This was actually a steam engine. In this the power of steam was used to provide momentum to the toy.

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     Inventors began to branch out at the start of the 19th century, creating the de Rivas engine, one of the first Internal combustion engine(IC Engines), and an early electric motor . Samuel brown later tested the first industrially applied internal combustion engine in 1826.

de Rivas engine                                                              Source:Slideplayer

    Further improvements continued in various parts of the world. Then in the year 1806, the first cars powered by an internal combustion engine appeared. The fuel used for running this was ‘fuel gas’ instead of ‘steam’. Of course, the process of using Fuel Gas is different than the process required for using Steam. Steam engine requires ‘External combustion’, whereas, fuel gas uses the principle of ‘Internal Combustion’.

Meanwhile, engineers continued to improve designs till the year 1885 when the first modern gasoline- or petrol-fueled engine was developed in Europe. 

                       Karl Benz                                                 Motorwagen-Ist car

           

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     Karl Benz a brilliant German engineer designed and patented the first practical model in 1885. This model used internal combustion Engine and was called Motorwagen. Karl Benz generally is acknowledged as the inventor of the modern automobile.

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    In August 1888 Bertha Benz, wife of Karl Benz, undertook the first road trip by car, to prove the road worthiness of her husband's invention. During the last years of the nineteenth century, Benz was the largest automobile company in the world with 572 units produced in 1899.

Towards the end of 19th century, many automobile companies came up in Europe and America. They started producing different models. But these automobiles were very expensive and very few rich people could afford them like Kings, Queens and Rajas in India.

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 production-line manufacturing of affordable automobiles was started by Ransom Olds at his Oldsmobile factory in 1902 based on the assembly line techniques pioneered by Marc Isambard Brunel at the Portsmouth Block Mills, England in 1802. 

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FORD Motor company launched the first large scale production of their Model T. 

Morris set up its production line at Cowley in 1924 and soon outsold Ford, while beginning in 1923 to follow Ford's practice of vertical integration.

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    Germany's first mass-manufactured car, the Opel 4PS Laubfrosch (Tree Frog), came off the line at Russelsheim in 1924, soon making Opel the top car builder in Germany, with 37.5% of the market. 

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 Between the 1st and the 2nd World Wars a lot of attention of the Automobile industry went towards development of defence vehicles. As a result several new vehicles like battle Tanks and Jeeps were developed. The tank became very popular in the war field. It is a very versatile vehicle, which can run in any road conditions i.e., in cross country terrain, hills, deserts and tranches etc. 

 However, during this period, there were some very interesting designs in the passenger segment also. Volkswagen in Germany developed a car in the 30s, which looked like a crawling creature and was therefore called “Beetle” This model has the engine at the back and front bonnet was used as luggage compartment. The car was very convenient to drive and also good looking and stylish. It became very popular in Europe. 

A. Fill in the blanks

1. In the year_1672      the very first model of a selfpropelled system was developed in the form of a toy.

2. In year 1806, the first cars powered by _ internal combustion engine_ appeared.

3.    Karl Benz    , a German engineer, designed and patented the first practical model of an engine in 1885.

4. Volkswagen developed a car in the 1930s which looked like a crawling creature and was therefore called  ‘ Beetle’  .

B. Multiple choice questions

1. In which year was the first vehicle invented?

(a) 1885                (b) 1650                (c) 1806                (d) None of the above

2. Who was the inventor of the first patented car?

(a) Karl Benz      (b) Ratan Tata                   (c) Mohandas Singh        (d) None of the above

 3. Which of these is Germany’s first mass-manufactured car?

(a) Opel 4PS Laubfrosch                (b) Volkswagen                      (c) Ambassador          (d) None of the above

C. Answer the following

1. Who is the father of automobile?

Ans: Karl Benz is the father of automobile.

2.  When was the 1^st patented car invented and who?

Ans : In 1885 , Karl Benz was invented the first patented car.

3. Who is the first rider of patented cars?

        Ans : Bertha Benz is the first rider of patented cars.

4. list the various car manufacturer all over the world?

        Ans:     Benz and co.

        Volkswagen

        Ford 

        Oldsmobile factory etc.