In Philadelphia, in 1792, a man named Oliver Evans applied for a patent on a steam land carriage. He called his steam carriage "oruktor amphibolos". Martini a 14th century painter, who was trained in engineering, also had the same idea. He designed on paper, a man-propelled carriage, which had four wheels. Each of these wheels was turned by a hand crank, which was hooked up with gearing. This was on the right track but the people doing the cranking would "die of exhaustion".
             The really historical part of martini's design was the name, he called it the "automobile", coming from the Greek word "auto" meaning self and the Latin word "mobils" meaning moving.
             Nicholas Cugnot built the first car in France, in 1770. He
             called it The Cugnot 3-wheel Steam Tractor. This steam-powered car would run for about 15 min. at the speed of about 6mph.
             The next car was the 1885 Benz 3 wheeler, of Germany. The maker of this car was Siegfried Marcus. This car reached speeds of about 5 mph. It was not until later when Benz made a more useable car.
             In 1895, Panhard et Levassor started making engines for Daimler. He created the template other car companies would use in the cars shortly fallowing. Then in 1898, Renault flourished a great town-to-town car racer, also setting a new design trend.
             AA new electric car came out in 1899, the Jamais Contente Electric Car. Camille Jenatzy, known as the red devil, set a new land speed record, by being the first to exceed 60mph. He reached the speed of 65.7 mph in his new electric car.
             Mercedes then unveiled what was said to be the first modern car, The Emile Jellinek. It had a steel frame, smooth engine, and the first honeycomb radiator. In 1902, Napier showed off its new 35hp Gordon Bennett racing car. It was the first successful six cylinder; it was f
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