Internal Combustion Engine
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Updated: 18 Oct 2017
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Created byTelia Rorke
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1680
Christian Huygens is the first
person to experiment with
the internal combustion engine1858
Étienne Lenoir invented an
engine with spark ignition1862
Nikolaus Otto creates the first model
of the internal combustion engine to
be used in machines1891
Joseph Day simplifies Dougald
Clerk's two-stroke engine model1879
Karl Benz uses Otto's four-stroke engine
as a basis for his own two-stroke engine,
later designing a four-stroke engine that
would later be featured in automobile production1903
Henry Ford creates the Ford Motorcar Company1924
The first electric start motor is invented by Gottlieb Daimler1998
Ford installs its first moving assembly line
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