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  1. Nicolaus August Otto (10 June 1832 – 26 January 1891) was a German engineer who successfully developed the compressed charge internal combustion engine which ran on petroleum gas and led to the modern internal combustion engine.

  2. Jun 18, 2018 · One of the most important landmarks in engine design comes from Nicolaus Otto who in 1876 invented an effective gas motor engine —the first practical alternative to the steam engine.

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  3. May 9, 2019 · On May 9, 1876, German inventor Nikolaus Otto working with Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach started the world’s first internal-combustion engine that efficiently burned fuel directly in a piston chamber. However, German courts did not hold his patent to cover all in-cylinder compression engines or even the four-stroke cycle, and after ...

  4. Nikolaus A. Otto. Inducted 1996. Developed the 2-stroke engine, in partnership with Eugen Langen, that won the Gold Medal at the 1867 Paris Exposition. Founded Otto & Cie. in 1863 – now known as Klocker-Humboldt-Deutz, the world’s oldest manufacturer of internal combustion engines. Built and patented the 4-stroke engine in 1877.

  5. Engineer Nicolaus August Otto invented the first practical alternative to the steam engine. Born in Holzhausen, Germany, Otto built his first gas engine in 1861. Then, in partnership with German industrialist Eugen Langen, they improved the design and won a gold medal at the Paris Exposition of 1867.

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  7. May 12, 2022 · Nicolaus Otto, who reverted to his 1875 idea of the four-stroke engine, was in charge of the company's commercial management. "Otto's New Engine" Gets Off to a Flying Start. Together with the designer Franz Rings, Otto was now able to successfully turn something that had previously been impossible into a reality.

  8. Nikolaus Otto, a German born in 1832, invented the four-stroke internal combustion engine in 1876, laying the foundation for modern automotive technology.

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