Siegfried Marcus made the first petrol-powered vehicle in 1864, while living in Vienna, Austria.
16 Facts About Siegfried Marcus
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Siegfried Marcus was born in Malchin, in the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin into a Jewish family.
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Siegfried Marcus began work at age 12 as an apprentice mechanic.
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Siegfried Marcus moved to Vienna, the capital of the Austrian Empire, in 1852, working first as a technician in the Physical Institute of the Medical School.
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Siegfried Marcus then worked as an assistant to Professor Carl Ludwig, a physiologist.
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In 1860 Siegfried Marcus opened his own workshop which made mechanical and electrical equipment.
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Siegfried Marcus was buried at the Protestant Cemetery at Hutteldorf, Vienna.
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In 1937 the Austrian Harand Movement Against Racial Hatred had issued a series of stamps featuring prominent Jews, including Siegfried Marcus, who had contributed to mankind in response to the Ewiger Jude exhibition by Julius Streicher in Munich.
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Siegfried Marcus was credited as having invented the petrol driven motor car.
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Siegfried Marcus was removed from German encyclopedias as the inventor of the modern car, under a directive from the German Ministry for Propaganda during World War II.
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Siegfried Marcus's name was replaced with the names of Daimler and Benz.
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Siegfried Marcus was not satisfied with this cart and dismantled it.
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Siegfried Marcus was the holder of 131 patents in 16 countries.
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Siegfried Marcus never applied for a patent for the motorcar and, of course, he never held one.
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Nevertheless, he was the first to use petrol to propel a vehicle, in the simple handcart of 1864, but it is uncertain whether the extant Siegfried Marcus car ran before 1890.
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In conjunction with Captain E von Wohlgemuth of the Imperial German Navy, Siegfried Marcus invented an electrical ignition of ships cannons.