jan 1, 1859 - First commercially successful internal combustion engine
Description:
Jean-Joseph-Etienne Lenoir, a Belgian Inventor, may not have created the first internal combustion engine, but his was the most commercially successful and can be attributed to the mass use and success of the device. The use of the internal combustion engine that many may be familiar with is that of the automobile.Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1859
Now
~ 166 years ago