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1_______. When Benz’s three-wheeled engine-driven machine (the first “car”) appeared on the streets in 1885, people couldn’t believe that it moved without the aid of horses. 2_______. He put it onto a chassis and got power from the engine to the wheels. 3_______. Everything – the engine, fuel transmission, controls – had been developed and designed by him. 4_______.
1_______. When Benz’s three-wheeled engine-driven machine (the first “car”) appeared on the streets in 1885, people couldn’t believe that it moved without the aid of horses. 2_______. He put it onto a chassis and got power from the engine to the wheels. 3_______. Everything – the engine, fuel transmission, controls – had been developed and designed by him. 4_______.
• The wheels were driven by means of a chain, and there were two speeds
• Benz, Karl (1844 – 1929) was a German inventor of the automobile, who devoted his life to making a horseless vehicle
• Benz’s first car was a great achievement for him
• It was a great triumph to him because Benz built a new engine that was lighter and more powerful than any other