Internal Combustion Engine

Internal Combustion Engine

Otto, Nicholaus August ~ Internal Combustion Engine ~ 1876
A German traveling salesman named Nicholaus August Otto constructed the first practical internal combustion engine; it used a four stroke cycle of a piston to draw a fuel-air mixture into a cylinder, compress

it, mechanically capture energy after ignition, and expel the exhaust before beginning the cycle anew. Issued (US) patent 194,047 on August 14, 1877. Source: Greatest Engineering Achievements

Inventor: Nicolaus August Otto
Criteria: Modern prototype. First practical. Entrepreneur.
Birth: June 14, 1832 in Holzhausen, Germany
Death: January 28, 1891 in Cologne, Germany
Nationality: German
Invention: internal-combustion engine in 1876
Function: noun / Otto cycle / four-stroke cycle / gas-motor engine
Definition: A four stroke cycle of a piston to draw a fuel-air mixture into a cylinder, compress it, mechanically capture energy after ignition, and expel the exhaust before beginning the cycle anew.
Patent: 194,047 (US) issued August 14, 1877