Nikolaus August Otto
1832-1891
German engineer who built the first four-stroke internal combustion engine. The principle of a four-stroke engine (intake, compression, combustion/power, exhaust) had be...
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Otto, Nikolaus August (1832–1891)
Otto was born in the village of Holzhausen, near Frankfurt. His father, an innkeeper, died when Otto was a small boy. This was a period of declining prosperity...
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Otto, born at Holzhausen, Hesse-Nassau, was the son of a farmer. Otto left school at 16, and later moved to Cologne where he became fascinated by the gas engines developed by Frenchman Jean-Joseph-&Ea...
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Despite a lack of technical training, Nikolaus August Otto (1832-1891) had the ingenuity to make the first practical internal combustion engine. He later devised the four-stroke engine, known as the O...
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Nikolaus August Otto
Otto, Nikolaus August (1832-1891)
Nikolaus August Otto
Nikolaus Otto