Taximeter
Taxímetro
- Date
- 1891 · confidence high
- Place
- Germany
- Credited to
- Friedrich Wilhelm Gustav Bruhn
- Field
- Movement
What it is
Bruhn invented a mechanical device that calculated a fare by combining distance travelled and waiting time, transmitted through a mechanism linked to the wheels and multiplied by a pre-set tariff.
The exact city of the invention is not recorded; location is given at country level with low confidence. The word "taxi" derives from "taximeter".
What it led to
- Daimler Victoria (1897), the first motorised taxi fitted with a taximeter
- Standardisation of city taxi fares
- Electronic taximeters (1980s)