Fitted to a crude four-wheeled wagon, François Isaac de Rivaz first drove it 100 metres in 1813, thus making history as the first car-like vehicle known to have been powered by an internal-combustion …

The first commercially successful internal combustion engine was created by Étienne Lenoir around 1860 and the first modern internal combustion engine was created in 1876 by Nicolaus Otto.

The first internal combustion engine to ever make it into a moving vehicle was the Lenoir engine, invented by Belgian-French engineer Jean Joseph Étienne Lenoir in 1860.

Jan 8, 2026 · Étienne Lenoir was a Belgian inventor who devised the first commercially successful internal-combustion engine. Lenoir’s engine was a converted double-acting steam engine with slide …

Jan 3, 2024 · Discover the fascinating story of who invented the internal combustion engine, a journey of innovation and collaboration. Dive into this revolutionary tale now!

Aug 19, 2025 · The creation of the motore a scoppio (the internal combustion engine) is one of the most important milestones in the history of modern engineering, and its first working version was …

The introduction of the four-stroke operating cycle was the fundamental breakthrough that made the internal combustion engine an efficient power source. The theoretical basis for this cycle was first …

Jun 8, 2010 · 1823: Samuel Brown patented the first internal combustion engine to be applied industrially. It was compressionless and based on what Hardenberg calls the "Leonardo cycle," …

In 1807, French engineers Nicéphore Niépce (who went on to invent photography) and Claude Niépce ran a prototype internal combustion engine, using controlled dust explosions, the Pyréolophore, …

Jan 15, 2012 · The first internal-combustion engine, according to our modern ideas, was that of Robert Street, patented in England in 1794. In this the bottom of a cylinder was heated by fire and a small …