. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figure 13. — First vehicle of Karl Benz, his tricycle of 1885, powered by a 1-cylinder, gasoline engine. Further advancement with gasoline-powered vehicles came in 1885 with the simultaneous, though independent, construction of a 2-wheeled machine by Gottlieb Daimler (fig. 12) and a 3-wheeled machine by Karl Benz (fig. 13), both in Germany. The Daimler motorcycle was powered with a 1-cylinder, 4-cycle engine, and was the first automo- tive vehicle produced by the subsequently world-famous Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft, makers of the renowned

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. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figure 13. — First vehicle of Karl Benz, his tricycle of 1885, powered by a 1-cylinder, gasoline engine. Further advancement with gasoline-powered vehicles came in 1885 with the simultaneous, though independent, construction of a 2-wheeled machine by Gottlieb Daimler (fig. 12) and a 3-wheeled machine by Karl Benz (fig. 13), both in Germany. The Daimler motorcycle was powered with a 1-cylinder, 4-cycle engine, and was the first automo- tive vehicle produced by the subsequently world-famous Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft, makers of the renowned Mercedes and, later, of the Mercedes-Benz automobiles. Daimler was aided through the years by his friend Wilhelm Maybach. 21. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.. United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.