Nikolaus Otto
Inventor
1832 – 1891
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Who was Nikolaus Otto?
Nikolaus August Otto was the German inventor of the first internal-combustion engine to efficiently burn fuel directly in a piston chamber. Though the concept of four strokes, with the vital compression of the mixture before ignition, had been invented and patented in 1861 by Alphonse Beau de Rochas, Otto was the first to make it practical.
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- Born
- Jun 10, 1832
Holzhausen an der Haide - Also known as
- Nikolaus August Otto
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- Nationality
- Germany
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- Died
- Jan 26, 1891
Cologne
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on July 23, 2013
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