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: Internal combustion engine
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The first modern internal combustion engine, the Otto engine, was designed in 1876 by the German engineer Nicolaus Otto.
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