GOTTLIEB DAIMLER

 GOTTLIEB WILHELM DAIMLER

Gottlieb Daimler was born on March 17, 1834, in Schorndorf, Germany, and died on March 6, 1900, at the age of 66.

Gottlieb's popularity is due to the discovery of high-speed small engines that you developed with the help of a friend, Wilhelm Maybach.

This engine, later used in many cars and motorcycles, Gottlieb is also considered the uncrowned king of the invention of internal combustion engines in the automobile industry, His most famous invention is the high speed petroleum engine.

Gottlieb Daimler was born in the home of a baker from  Schorndorf, Germany.

After completing his primary education in 1848, he learned to make a gun from Master Hermann Reithal in 1852, but soon abandoned his hometown due to his childhood passion for mechanical engineering.

He soon began his higher education in the field of industrial arts at the Stuttgart School under the supervision of Ferdinand von Steinbeis, and soon in 1853, due to his passion and dedication, got a job at the Rolle and Schwilque Industry in Grafenstaden .

In 1861, Gottlieb abandoned the industry, and in search of the best, Took Gottlieb Daimler to England, where he remained until August 1863. During his three-year stay, he attended the International Exhibition in London in 1862, where he see the existing steam-powered vehicle who did not impress Gottlieb much.

From 1863 to 1869, he was associated with Bruderhaus Reutlingen. During his six-year career, he worked on new designs for tools and water mills, where Gottlieb met fifteen-year-old Wilhelm Maybach.

WILHELM MAYBACH

In 1872, Gottlieb and Wilhelm joined the Deutz Gasomotron Company, an internal combustion engine manufacturer in Cologne, Germany, where Gottlieb was promoted to director and Wilhelm to chief designer.

In 1880, due to internal conspiracies, personal jealousy and differences, Gottlieb was fired from the company, and following Gottlieb, Wilhelm also resigned from the company.

In 1882, Gottlieb and Wilhelm moved to Cannstatt, where a garden summer house was converted into a workshop.

CANNSTATT SUMMER HOUSE

(It is important to mention here that the growing activity of Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach at Cannstatt Summer House made the neighbors suspicious, the reported the matter to police. And when police searched the place in their absence, They found nothing but engines.)

In 1883, Gottlieb and Wilhelm introduced their first engine, powered by an early type of petrol, the Lagron. The engine was registered under its own name on December 16, 1883. In the early days, the engine runs at 750 rpm. After four years of hard work and dedication, the design was improved and its power was reduced to 900 rpm.

GRAND FATHER CLOCK ENGINE

By 1884, three different designs of engines had been developed, including the famous flywheel engine.

It is important to note here that the engines developed by Gottlieb and Wilhelm were smaller in size and lighter in weight.

The invention of the Gottlieb's Reitwagen in 1885 increased its popularity. It was the first bicycle to be connected to an internal Combustion engine. Initially a typical bicycle was attached to a flywheel engine. It consisted of a horizontal cylinder, air cooling system, large casting iron, hot tube ignition system and a cam operated exhaust system.

After making major changes to the flywheel engine, Gottlieb renamed it the Grandfather Clock because Gottlieb thought it resembled a pendulum clock.

In November of that year, the engine was rebuilt to a smaller size and consisted of a frame made of wooden bicycles. The bicycle was named the Reitwagen. The first voyage of this cycle was made by Wilhelm from the Neckar River to Unterturkheim, Germany. The duration of this journey was two miles.

DAIMLER REITWAGEN

This series of inventions by Gottlieb continued until 1896 and contributed to many inventions in the automobile industry, One of Gottlieb's major inventions was the Daimler Motor Coach, a Daimler Motor Last Wagon built in 1886 and 1896. It was the first such vehicle. Whose engine needed gas power.

In 1890, Gottlieb started his own company, Daimler Motor Gesellschaft, whose main purpose was to build and innovate smaller and faster engines. The company sold its first car in 1892.

Due to overwork and fatigue, Gottlieb's condition worsened and at the age of 58 he suffered a heart attack and moved to Florence, Italy to spend some time in a quiet environment on the advice of a doctor.

Where he met 22-year-old widow Lena Hartman and married Lena on July 8 of that year.

GOTTLIEB WITH LENA

Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler died in 1900 and resigned from Daimler Motor Gesellschaft  about seven years later.

Shortly after Gottlieb's death, on June 28, 1926, two of the oldest companies, Daimler Motor Gesellschaft and Benz & Sie, jointly formed a new company called Daimler-Benz. 

The company still holds a prominent position in the automobile industry. 

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