This dimension names the person credited with the original design of a given engine. Early transport history is full of named firsts, such as when "the first steam-powered automobile capable of human transportation was built by Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot in 1769," according to Wikipedia. Grouping engines by inventor gathers everything attributed to one name in a single view.
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1. Wikipedia: Wright Flyer
WikipediaWright Flyer, first flight date
The Wright Flyer... made the first sustained flight by a manned heavier-than-air powered and controlled aircraft on December 17, 1903.
Wright Flyer, engine design section
Since they could not find a suitable automobile engine for the task, they commissioned their employee Charlie Taylor to build a new design from scratch, a lightweight 12-horsepower (9-kilowatt) gasoline engine, weighing 180 pounds (82 kg), with a 1-US-gallon (3.8 L; 0.83 imp gal) fuel tank.
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