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Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for a light, high-speed, four-stroke engine, which he uses seven months later to create the world's first motorcycle, the Daimler Reitwagen.
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German engineer, industrialist and automotive pioneer (1834–1900)
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Patent
Type of legal protection for an invention
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Machine that converts one or more forms of energy into mechanical energy (of motion)
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First motorcycle, 1885
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