In this video, we explore the origin and evolution of piston engines, tracing their journey from simple, rudimentary designs to the highly sophisticated, high-performance engines we rely on today ...

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 ...

Only nine years after Nicolaus Otto created the first four-stroke-cycle engine in 1876, Gottlieb Daimler, another German inventor, conceived the means to improve it.

Meanwhile, in 1860, Lenoir created the first internal combustion engine by burning gas inside a cylinder, and in 1867, the German Nikolaus August Otto had the idea of making one that used gasoline, ...

Most of you reading this probably have at least a basic understanding of how an internal combustion engine works. Today’s four-stroke suck-squish-bang-blow concept was first demonstrated ...

1876: Otto, in collaboration with Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach, patents the four-stroke internal combustion engine—the forefather of modern gasoline engines. USTPO 1881: Scottish engineer ...

Washington, D.C., Sept. 19, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Six industry experts share insights about the innovations occurring in advanced internal combustion engines and fuels in an Engine Technology ...

Nicolaus Otto, inventor of the modern internal combustion engine, used ethanol to power an early engine and the biofuel even powered fueled Henry Ford’s Model T. Ethanol was first blended with ...

The internal combustion engine is nearing extinction and yet it continues to operate on the same basic four-stroke principle developed in 1832 by German Engineer, Nikolaus Otto. With just a ...