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Étienne Lenoir, Belgian engineer, designed the internal combustion engine (died 1900)
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Étienne Lenoir
Belgian-French engineer (1822–1900)
Jean Joseph Étienne Lenoir, also known as Jean J. Lenoir, was a Belgian-French engineer who invented the internal combustion engine in 1858. Prior designs for such engines were patented as early as 1807 and 1854.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Internal combustion engine
Engine in which fuel combusts with an oxidizer
An internal combustion engine is a heat engine in which the combustion of a fuel occurs with an oxidizer in a combustion chamber that is an integral part of the working fluid flow circuit. In an internal combustion engine, the expansion of the high-temperature and high-pressure…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)