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Nicolaus Otto SSPL via Getty Images German engineer Nicolaus August Otto is credited with inventing the first practical internal combustion engine in 1876, that ran on gas instead of steam and was ...

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This article was originally published with the title “The International Exhibition of 1876 Steam Engines” in SA Supplements Vol. 1 No. 24supp (June 1876), p. 374 doi:10.1038 ...

4. Why is Nicolaus Otto often credited with the internal combustion engine? Although Barsanti and Matteucci had patented their engine earlier, the project stalled after Barsanti’s sudden death.