- Benz (unit)
A benz [H. Arthur Klein: "The World of Measurements: Masterpieces, Mysteries and Muddles of Metrology", Simon and Schuster (1974), Allen & Unwin (1975), ISBN 0045000247 [http://books.google.com/books?id=1SkFAAAAMAAJ&q=benz&pgis=1#search] ] (symbol:Bz) [cite web | title = Unit2Unit Benz page| url=http://www.unit2unit.eu/Bz.html | work= [http://www.unit2unit.eu unit2unit.eu] | accessdate=2006-10-23] is a traditional German unit of
velocity , equal to 1 meter per second.The name is in honor of
Karl Benz , inventor of the "Benz Patent Motorwagen ", who was awarded thepatent for the invention of the firstautomobile . The patent was datedJanuary 29 ,1886 . [ [http://home.arcor.de/carsten.popp/DE_00037435_A.pdf DRP's patent No. 37435] (PDF, 561 kB, German) was filedJanuary 29 ,1886 and grantedNovember 2 ,1886 , thus taking effect January 29.]Karl Benz began to design engines in 1871, patented his first engine in 1879, founded "Gasmotoren-Fabrik Mannheim" in 1882, founded
Benz & Cie. in 1883 under aegis of which he built and sold the first production automobile and, by 1899, became the largest automobile manufacturer in the world. He also founded the closely-held "Benz & Söhne" in 1906 which never was a publicly-traded company. In 1926 he became a co-founder ofDaimler-Benz , precursor toDaimler AG , when Benz & Cie. merged withDaimler Motoren Gesellschaft during the chaotic economic crisis in Germany following World War I. He remained on its board of directors until his death in 1929.ee also
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Metre per second
*Orders of magnitude (speed)
*Karl Benz References
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