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All Engine & Transport Pioneers

Gathers the historical-figure entities profiled for their work developing the engines and propulsion systems that convert energy into motion, including inventors of the internal combustion engine, the steam locomotive and early electric and hybrid vehicle technology. Each entry covers a specific inventor or engineer rather than an engine type or a vehicle, which are filed under their own respective types elsewhere in the atlas.

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All Engine & Transport Pioneers
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1. Internal combustion engine - Wikipedia
History, Otto engine 1876
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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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