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Internal Combustion Engine

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    Internal Combustion Engine

  • First Internal Combustion Engine (I.C.E)

    First Internal Combustion Engine (I.C.E)

    Francois Isaac de Rivaz of Switzerland invents an internal combustion engine powered by a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen for fuel.

  • First Attempt at Moving a Vehicle With an I.C.E.

    An English engineer, Samuel Brown, adapts an old Newcomen steam engine to burn gas. Used it to briefly power a vehicle up Shooter's Hill in London.
  • Double-acting, Electric Spark-ignition I.C.E

    Double-acting, Electric Spark-ignition I.C.E

    Belgian engineer, Jean Joseph Étienne Lenoir invented a double-acting, electric spark-ignition internal combustion engine fueled by coal gas.
  • First I.C.E Road Trip

    First I.C.E Road Trip

    Lenoir attachs an improved engine (using petroleum and a primitive carburetor) to a three-wheeled wagon. Managed to complete a historic fifty-mile road trip.
  • Improvements Upon the I.C.E

    Improvements Upon the I.C.E

    German engineers, Eugen Langen and Nikolaus August Otto, improved on Lenoir's designs and invented a more efficient gas engine.
  • First Safe &Practical Oil Engine

    First Safe &Practical Oil Engine

    George Brayton, an American engineer, developed an unsuccessful kerosene engine (it used two external pumping cylinders). However, it was considered the first safe and practical oil engine.
  • The "Otto Cycle"

    The "Otto Cycle"

    Nikolaus August Otto invented and later patented a successful four-stroke engine. Called the "Otto cycle".
  • First Successful Two-Stroke Engine

    First Successful Two-Stroke Engine

    The first successful two-stroke engine was invented by Sir Dougald Clerk.
  • Modern Gas Engine Prototype Created

    Modern Gas Engine Prototype Created

    Gottlieb Daimler invented the prototype of the modern gas engine. Had a vertical cylinder, with gasoline injected through a carburetor.

  • First Four Wheeled Motor Vehicle

    Gottlieb Daimler creates the world's first four-wheeled motor vehicle
  • First 4 cylinder, 4 stroke

    First 4 cylinder, 4 stroke

    Wilhelm Maybach builds the first four-cylinder, four-stroke engine
  • First Diesel

    First Diesel

    Rudolf Diesel builds the first Diesel Engine. The diesel engine was more efficient then traditional gas and steam engines.
  • Mercedes is born

    Mercedes is born

    New model DMG automobile is produced and named Mercedes.

  • More affordable vehicles

    Ransom Olds starts production-line manufacturing of more affordable cars in his Oldsmobile factory.
  • Automotive assembly line created

    Automotive assembly line created

    Ford developed the automotive assembly line to produce his Model T.
  • Model T introduced

    Model T introduced

    The Model T was the first low-cost mass-produced automobile. Was incredibly popular due to its price and reliability.

  • I.C.E gains power

    Internal combustion engines achieve dominance over steam powered vehicles.

  • Ford improves production-line

    Henry Ford expands and improves the Ransom Olds production-line manufacturing. Ford car comes off the line every three minutes.
  • V8 created

    V8 created

    Cadillac creates the first v8 engine. The v8 was extremely powerful for its time.
  • V6 created

    V6 created

    Francesco De Virilo inventes the v6 engine. This engine was used to cut down on vibration problems in the Lancia Aureilia but was soon adopted by many other companies.