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Gottfried Schlöemer or Godfrey Schlöemer (1842–1921) was a coopersmith, mechanic and inventor who lived on the south side of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US.〔 (The Milwaukee Sentinel, page 1 part 3, Oct 13, 1988 ). News.google.com (October 13, 1988). Retrieved on June 21, 2011.〕〔 (The Milwaukee Sentinel, April 13, 1952, p. 2 Sec E; "A Frenchman did it" ). News.google.com (April 12, 1952). Retrieved on June 21, 2011.〕 His principal claim to fame rests on the "motor wagon" that he built there in 1889, which some have hailed as the first workable gasoline-engine automobile ever built in the United States,〔 The Encyclopedia Americana (1954), Americana Corp. Volume 19, p. 142 '' Other Milwaukee inventors include Gottfried Schloemer and Frank Toepfer who built a gasoline automobile in 1889, claimed locally to have been the first one in the United States.'' *Industrial Commission (1958), pp. 121–122 ''Not only was the first practical gasoline-propelled automobile built in Wisconsin in 1889 by Gottfried Schloemer...'' *Clymer (1950), p. 153 ''It was inevitable that the first practical gasoline-powered car in the nation was built in Milwaukee in 1889 by Gottfried Schloemer...'' * May (1975), p. 21 '' Theirs was a crude vehicle that did, however work, after a fashion, and survives today in the Milwaukee Public Museum. Schloemer and Toepfer failed in their efforts to manufacture the Milwaukee car, one of several predecessors of the Duryea.'' *McClure (1922), p. (25 ) (+ ) '' But do you know who built the first automobile? The honor is now claimed for Gottfried Schloemer, who drove a strange, tiny "horseless buggy" of his own design and construction through the streets of Milwaukee, Wis., in 1889. '' *Geisst (2006), p. 27 '' Claimants during the early 1890s included Henry Nadig in Allentown, Pennsylvania (1891), John William Lambert in Ohio City, Ohio (1891), Gottfried Schloemer and Frank Toepfer in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (1892), Charles H. Black in Indianapolis, Indiana (1893), and Elwood P. Haynes in Kokomo, Indiana (1894).'' * Encyclopaedia Britannica (1983), p. 517 '' The US Patent Office issued patents in September 1889 and April 1893 for three- wheeled gasoline-engine carriages, and Gottfried Schloemer of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1890 built a successful car that still exists... ''〕〔(The Pentwater News, April 4, 1930, p. 2 ; "First Automobile in America" ). News.google.com (April 4, 1930). Retrieved on June 21, 2011.〕 four years ahead of Charles and Frank Duryea, who are most often identified with this achievement.〔(Everyday Mysteries: Who invented the automobile? ), Library of Congress website, 23 August 2010. Accessed 22 June 2011〕 At the time of his death certain local reports even claimed him as the designer and maker of the first gasoline-powered automobile in the world,〔The Duluth News Tribune, February 12, 1922, Volume: 23; Issue: 274; Page: 2; Location: Duluth, Minnesota, article: "Designer of First Auto Dies / Schloemer Claim Recognized", ''The designer of the first gasoline-driven automobile in the world, the inventor of the only combination driving pinion and differential ever made and the builder of the builder of the world's first tractor, is dead. Gottfried Schloemer, 80, who is credited with these achievements, died at his farm on Beloit Road last week, says a Milwaukee report. In 1889 Schloemer drew plans of the first gasoline engine. In 1890 this machine was traveling about the streets of Milwaukee. Schloemer's claim was recognized by the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce and the Smithsonian Institute ().''〕〔The Sheboygan Press-Telegram, Dec. 2, 1921, p. 1 ''The first gas-driven car in the world, it is claimed, was designed by a man named Godfrey Schloemer, who just died at his home near Milwaukee. And it is only 31 years ago that this first automobile was completed and given its first test.''〕〔"West Allis Star" obituary of Gottfrieb Schloemer: ''He was the designer of the first gasoline engine-driven automobile ever made.''〕 although that honor is usually given to the German Karl Benz in 1885.〔 == Early life == Schloemer was born near Cologne on the Rhine river August 25, 1842.〔 He immigrated to America from Prussia with his family when he was 3 years old in May 1845.〔 According to the National Archives he arrived in New York port on the ship ''Harriett'' on July 1, 1845.〔Microfilm 58, Serial number M237, Family Identification # 50354〕 They then traveled to Milwaukee and arrived there in June 1846 and bought some farm land on Beloit Road.〔 Schloemer was raised on this farm and when he became an adult he moved out of state and took up jobs in the copper mines of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.〔 Schloemer later moved back to Milwaukee and lived at 545 Fourth Avenue.〔 He then worked for the Toepfer brothers out of a red brick building as a cooper in their machine shop on National Ave in Milwaukee. There with Frank Toepfer he made the first gas-fueled automobile.〔〔〔(MAC, ''Milwaukee'' (magazine), Volume 1, No. 5, p. 12 ). Google Books (November 3, 2009). Retrieved on June 21, 2011.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gottfried Schloemer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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