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| | Gottlieb Daimler Biography | World of Invention |
 | | Gottlieb Daimler, the son of a master baker, was born in Schorndorf, Württemburg, on March 17, 1834. |
 | | Despite early disappointments, Daimler's invention of a reliable self-firing ignition systems (a red-hot, porcelain tube that protruded into the cylinder), and Maybach's invention of a device similar to the carburetor for their smaller gas engine, helped push them ahead of other inventors who were emerging as competitors. |
 | | Daimler did not live to see this first Mercedes; he died of heart disease on March 6, 1900, in Stuttgart, Germany, after a lifetime as an inventor in the forefront of automobile development. |
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