The Running Machine
On 12 June 1817, Karl von Drais pushed a two-wheeled wooden contraption from Mannheim to Schwetzingen and back in under an hour. No pedals. No engine. Just a baron with a plank, two wheels, and a good road.
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Mr. Watson, Come Here
On 10 March 1876, Alexander Graham Bell spoke six words into a device above a Boston theatre and Thomas Watson heard them from another room. The telephone had just worked for the first time.
Patent No. 37435
On 29 January 1886, Karl Benz filed a patent for a three-wheeled vehicle powered by a gas engine. The machine had no reverse gear, ran on pharmacy solvent, and almost nobody wanted one.