Internal Combustion Engine History
Added on 02-08-2006
The principle of combustion engine operation was based on a pistol invented by Alessandro Volta in 1777. The principle laid in using electric spark and mixture of air and coal gas instead of gunpowder. In 1807 Francois Isaac de Rivaz of Switzerland took out a patent for using the mixture of hydrogen and oxygen as substance of mechanical power generation. Rivaz designed a car for his engine. It was the first internal combustion powered auto. There was installed an engine consisting of one cylinder, in which due to combustion its piston drove upwards and downward; by downward stroke it set going rocker arm. The usage of gas was rather dangerous, and the war - de Rivaz was Napoleon's army officer, interrupted further development of the most prominent automobile predecessor.
At the beginning of 19th century there were done a number of researches of gas ignition problem by an English engineer Robert Street, Frenchman Philippe Lebon, American inventor Peter Cooper; and in 1825 Michael Faraday discovered benzol – the first liquid fuel for internal combustion engine!
Till 1830 there were produced a lot of vehicles, but they weren’t equipped with a “real” internal combustion engine; these engines ran on mixture of air and coal gas. This solution didn’t gain significant advantages; moreover the production of such engines was unsafe.
The foundation for creation of a lightweight and compact engine was laid only in 1841 by an Italian inventor Luigi de Cristoforis. He constructed an engiine which produced driving force by “pressure- ignition”. Such engine was equipped with a pump that fed kerosene as fuel.
Eugenio Barsanti and Felice Matteucci evolved the idea and in 1854 invented the first real internal combustion engine. It was working in three-stroke lead without water cooling. The fuel used was a mixture of air and coal gas; the engine produced 5h/p.
In 1858 was invented a two-cylinder combustion engine fueled by coal gas. In 1860 a Belgian-born engineer Jean Joseph Étienne Lenoir patented his own internal combustion engine that was commercially prosperous. The three-stroke engine was fueled by coal gas. In 1863 was made an attempt of assembling it with an automobile, but 1,5h/p and 100 rpm figures were not enough for travel.
In 1867 at Paris World Exhibition in Paris, “Deutz” gas engine factory founded by Otto and Langen presented Barsanti-Matteucci based engine. It was not so heavy, caused less vibration and shortly after, it replaced Lenoir’s engine.
In 1872 began the legendary cooperation of two prominent persons in the company “Deutz” - Gottlieb Daimler (chief engine engineer) and Wilhelm Mybach (chief automobile constructor). During their 10 years team-work they produced two thousand electric spark-ignition combustion engines, which were selling out in Europe from 1875. The same year an Austrian engineer Siegfried Marcus constructed his first, but very primitive automobile using ...
At the beginning of 19th century there were done a number of researches of gas ignition problem by an English engineer Robert Street, Frenchman Philippe Lebon, American inventor Peter Cooper; and in 1825 Michael Faraday discovered benzol – the first liquid fuel for internal combustion engine!
Till 1830 there were produced a lot of vehicles, but they weren’t equipped with a “real” internal combustion engine; these engines ran on mixture of air and coal gas. This solution didn’t gain significant advantages; moreover the production of such engines was unsafe.
The foundation for creation of a lightweight and compact engine was laid only in 1841 by an Italian inventor Luigi de Cristoforis. He constructed an engiine which produced driving force by “pressure- ignition”. Such engine was equipped with a pump that fed kerosene as fuel.
Eugenio Barsanti and Felice Matteucci evolved the idea and in 1854 invented the first real internal combustion engine. It was working in three-stroke lead without water cooling. The fuel used was a mixture of air and coal gas; the engine produced 5h/p.
In 1858 was invented a two-cylinder combustion engine fueled by coal gas. In 1860 a Belgian-born engineer Jean Joseph Étienne Lenoir patented his own internal combustion engine that was commercially prosperous. The three-stroke engine was fueled by coal gas. In 1863 was made an attempt of assembling it with an automobile, but 1,5h/p and 100 rpm figures were not enough for travel.
In 1867 at Paris World Exhibition in Paris, “Deutz” gas engine factory founded by Otto and Langen presented Barsanti-Matteucci based engine. It was not so heavy, caused less vibration and shortly after, it replaced Lenoir’s engine.
In 1872 began the legendary cooperation of two prominent persons in the company “Deutz” - Gottlieb Daimler (chief engine engineer) and Wilhelm Mybach (chief automobile constructor). During their 10 years team-work they produced two thousand electric spark-ignition combustion engines, which were selling out in Europe from 1875. The same year an Austrian engineer Siegfried Marcus constructed his first, but very primitive automobile using ...
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