The first internal-combustion engine to operate successfully on the four-stroke cycle was built in 1876 by Nicolaus August Otto. His "Silent Otto" was a good machine with a poor theory ...

Invented by Carmelo Scuderi Patented in July 2001 An internal combustion engine which combines the Otto engine's four cycles ...

An internal combustion engine is one that operates through a thermodynamic cycle of internal combustion called Otto: when a spark generated by the fuel expands a gas that pushes the piston, which, ...

Richard Trevithick’s design had a boiler but this was removed to make the internal combustion engine. The German inventor Nicklaus Otto developed the first four stroke engine in 1876.

Most modern gasoline and diesel-powered engines found in the cars and trucks seen on today's roadways rely on the ...