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Siegfried MarcusSiegfried Marcus 1831 -1898 Marcus 1831 -1898 Siegfried Samuel Marcus (born in Malchin, Mecklenburg, Germany, on 1831-09-18, died in Vienna on 1898-07-01) was a German Austrian inventor and automobile pioneer of Jewish ancestry. In 1852 Marcus moved to Vienna. From 1856 to 1898 he worked as a self-employed manufacturer of scientific instruments in this city. He developed an interest in electricity and as a lighting technician too. His chief improvements include telegraph systems and ignition devices. About 1870 he put an internal combustion engine on a simple handcart. This appliance was designed for liquid combustibles and made him the first man propelling a vehicle by means of gasoline. Today, this car is well known as The first Marcus Car. Marcus Car of 1870 Marcus Car of 1870 In 1883 a patent for a low voltage ignition of the magneto type was given to Marcus in Germany. The same design was used for all further models and, of course, 5 years later in the famous Second Marcus Car of 1888/89. It was this ignition in conjunction with the rotating brush carburettor that made the design of the Second Car very innovative for its time. Second Marcus Car of 1888 Marcus Car of 1888 (Vienna Technical Museum) In 1887 Marcus started a co-operation with the Moravian (today Czech Republic) Company Mrky, Bromovsky & Schulz. They offered two stroke and after the fall of the Otto-Patent in 1886 four stroke engines of the Marcus type. In 1888/89 Mrky, Bromovsky & Schulz built the Second Marcus Car which can still be admired in Vienna's Technical Museum. This car made Marcus well known all over the world. For a long time it was a common understanding that the Second Car was already existing in 1875 - even today a widespread falsity. It was uncertain for a long time whether his car was ready to drive already in 1875 or only in 1888/89. Today the later date is considered for sure. (transl., Austria Lexicon, Vol. 2, Vienna 2004; sterreich Lexikon, Bd. 2, Wien 2004) There is not even one single proof for an origin prior to 1888/89. Marcus was the holder of 131 patents in 16 countries. He never applied for a patent for the motorcar and, of course, he never held one. In addition, he never claimed having invented the motorcar. Nevertheless, he was the first man who used gasoline for propelling a vehicle. Marcus was buried at the Protestant Cemetery at Htteldorf, Vienna. Later, his remains were transferred to an Honorary Tomb of Vienna's Central Cemetery. Because of Marcus Jewish ancestry his name and all memorabilia was vanished by the Nazis. The memorial in front of the Vienna Technical University was removed. After the war, the monument was rebuilt. In 1950 the Second Marcus Car has undergone a major restoration. Sources This information is out of the newest scientific Publications of German and Austrian Historians (all in German): - Ursula Brbaumer, Das erste Auto der Welt?, Wien 1998, Erasmus Verlag.
- Horst Hardenberg, Siegfried Marcus, Mythos und Wirklichkeit, aus der Wissenschaftlichen *Schriftenreihe des DaimlerChrysler Konzernarchivs, Bielefeld 2000, Delius & Klasing Verlag.
- Ursula Brbaumer, Johannes Steinbck, Horst Hardenberg, Gerhard Schaukal und Ladislav Mergl), in *Helmuth Grssing (Herausgeber) Autos-Fahrer Konstrukteure, Wien 2000, Erasmus Verlag
- Austrian Research Centers, Dissertationsdatenbank, Brbaumer Ursula, Siegfried Marcus in Wien, 2003, Internet
Hardenbergs book was awarded by the Austrian Academy of Science in 2001 as Book of the month June 2001 Weblinks - http://www.siegfried-marcus.de - in German and English
- http://www.austria.org/oldsite/aug98/marcus.html - in English
- http://www.absolut-mecklenburg.de/root/portal/index.php?seite=553# - in German
- http://www.arcs.ac.at/dissdb/rn039509 - in German and English
- http://www.virtualvienna.net/columns/duncan/forgotten_inventor.html in English
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