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Internal combustion engine

Stationary and Industrial Engines

The internal combustion engine is a heat engine in which the combustion of a fuel with an oxidizer, usually air, occurs in a combustion chamber that is part of the engine itself, with the expanding gases applying force directly to pistons, turbine blades or rotors. The first modern example, the Otto engine, was designed in 1876 by the German engineer Nicolaus Otto, and internal combustion engines remain the dominant power source for automobiles, aircraft, ships and stationary generators worldwide.

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Exemplified By

A rotary engine is categorically an internal combustion engine

V3 engine, Engines

A three-cylinder V-configuration engine is categorically an internal combustion engine

Pioneered By

Independently pioneered a high-speed IC engine for road transport, 1880s

Karl Benz, Figures

Pioneered a practical high-speed IC engine for road transport, 1880s

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