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Nikolaus August Otto (1832–1891), a German engineer recognized as the co-inventor of the internal combustion engine (1867), and the inventor of the four-stroke Otto cycle (1876), which was widely adopted for use in automobile, airplane, and other motors. Otto made improvements to the internal combustion engine, orinally designed by Jean Lenoir. His four-stroke piston cycle internal combustion engine was the first practical alternative to the steam engine and served as the prototype for the development of modern combustion engines. The engine’s design consists of four strokes of a piston that draws in and compresses a gas-air mixture within a cylinder, producing an internal explosion.
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Cutler Cleveland (Lead Author);Peter Saundry (Topic Editor) "Otto, Nikolaus August". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth August 18, 2006; Last revised Date August 18, 2006; Retrieved May 26, 2012 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Otto,_Nikolaus_August>
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The Encyclopedia of Earth Cutler J. Cleveland is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Earth. Dr. Cleveland is currently a Professor in the Department of Geography and Environment at Boston University, with joint appointments in the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies and the Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer Range Future. He also is a Senior Fellow at the National Council for Science and the Environment in Washington D.C. Dr. Cleveland is als ... (Full Bio)
Nikolaus August Otto (1832–1891), a German engineer recognized as the co-inventor of the internal combustion engine (1867), and the inventor of the four-stroke Otto cycle (1876), which was widely adopted for use in automobile, airplane, and other motors. Otto made improvements to the internal combustion engine, orinally designed by Jean Lenoir. His four-stroke piston cycle internal combustion engine was the first practical alternative to the steam engine and served as the prototype for the development of modern combustion engines. The engine’s design consists of four strokes of a piston that draws in and compresses a gas-air mixture within a cylinder, producing an internal explosion.
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