Student Education Repository (மாணவர்கள் கல்விக் களஞ்சியம்): Today (January 26, 1891) is the Memorial Day of Nikolaus Otto, who is the first four-stroke internal combustion engine that was developed.

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Today (January 26, 1891) is the Memorial Day of Nikolaus Otto, who is the first four-stroke internal combustion engine that was developed.

Today (January 26, 1891) is the Memorial Day of Nikolaus Otto, who is the first four-stroke internal combustion engine that was developed.

Nikolaus Otto was born on June 10, 1832, in Halsson, Germany. His father died when he was a child. He was a gifted student in his studies and others. However, due to the economic downturn, even high school education could not be completed. Before the age of sixteen, he worked in a grocery store to gain business experience. Shortly afterwards he joined an office in Frankfurt as a clerk. He then worked for a travel agency. It was at this time that Etienne Lenwar heard about the first internal engine to be invented. There was interest and initiative in learning more about it and doing research. He seriously thought that if Lenwar's engine was running on liquid fuel it would not need to be connected to a chimney.

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He thought that by doing so he could use the engine for many other purposes. Based on this series of research, he soon developed a new type of carburettor that combines air and gasoline into a combustion engine. Applied for a patent for this. However, the copyright was denied because a similar internal engine had been developed by others. Auto is not depressed though. Lennar was actively involved in redesigning the engine he had invented. He soon gave up the idea and decided that it would be better to build a completely new engine than to replace Lenwar's engine.

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As a result, he designed the engine to run on four wheels in a completely different way than Lenwar's two-cycle engine. There were difficulties in keeping the fire burning. He felt that this might create some practical problems. Therefore, he developed the Atmospheric Engine differently. Running on two full cycles it was able to run on gas. The factory was started with the financial assistance of Auto Eugene Langan, who had acquired the rights to the renovation. As a result of a series of researches, he developed and manufactured two supercharged engines. It won a gold medal at the World's Fair in Paris. Its speciality was appreciated by many. Sales also skyrocketed.

However, he was passionate about producing four full-fledged engines. He invented a non-flammable deposit system as a result of relentless effort. To its advantage, he developed four fully operational engines that were practical. It soon received its patent. Full-fledged internal engines are still being developed today based on the internal engine he invented. The engines are still called by the name of Auto to this day. The locomotive he built in 1876 was the prototype for the millions of traps that followed. Nikolaus Otto, the inventor of the first four-stroke internal combustion engine, passed away on January 26, 1891, at the age of 58 in Cologne, Germany.

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Information: Ramesh, Assistant Professor of Physics, Nehru Memorial College, Puthanampatti, Trichy.