This dimension credits whoever first proved a new kind of engine could work outside the laboratory, as distinct from whoever is credited with its original design. Wikipedia records that "Samuel Brown later tested the first industrially applied internal combustion engine," a step beyond the earlier prototypes. Grouping engines by pioneer highlights the person who carried an idea from concept into working use.
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Era of Emergence Pioneered By
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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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