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I just want to know the first engine ever made, thats all. idc if it was designed for transportation purposes or not.-- 190.23.50.245 ( talk) 09:03, 30 September 2015 (UTC)
It would be really nice with more details, and more complete information. For example, it seems like he made his first one in 1876, from looking on the internet. But what did it run on, gas? What distinguishes it, and makes it worth mentioning so many places? That it was the first one to use spark plugs, or maybe it was just the first working engine with pistons? It seems that in some contexts "otto engine" means an engine that uses spark plugs, as opposed to diesel engines, and this term is also used about modern cars.
Velle (
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10:01, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
some of the older engines seem to have had evaporative cooling with the cylinder in a open water reservoir.
Wdl1961 ( talk) 18:36, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
Is this engine in some way a precursor of the modern car engine? If so this should be mentioned in the first paragraph. 84.108.160.70 ( talk) 06:28, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
The article's "First use in transportation" section is apparently very poorly sourced (when sourced at all), and therefore very questionable.
That section appears to simply be a transcript of a self-adulating Daimler promotional video (or its introductory text), rather than a reliable and neutral source.
For a topic of this historic importance and gravity, multiple independent (and preferably authoritative, independent, academic and technical media) sources should be widely available online.
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I just want to know the first engine ever made, thats all. idc if it was designed for transportation purposes or not.-- 190.23.50.245 ( talk) 09:03, 30 September 2015 (UTC)
It would be really nice with more details, and more complete information. For example, it seems like he made his first one in 1876, from looking on the internet. But what did it run on, gas? What distinguishes it, and makes it worth mentioning so many places? That it was the first one to use spark plugs, or maybe it was just the first working engine with pistons? It seems that in some contexts "otto engine" means an engine that uses spark plugs, as opposed to diesel engines, and this term is also used about modern cars.
Velle (
talk)
10:01, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
some of the older engines seem to have had evaporative cooling with the cylinder in a open water reservoir.
Wdl1961 ( talk) 18:36, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
Is this engine in some way a precursor of the modern car engine? If so this should be mentioned in the first paragraph. 84.108.160.70 ( talk) 06:28, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
The article's "First use in transportation" section is apparently very poorly sourced (when sourced at all), and therefore very questionable.
That section appears to simply be a transcript of a self-adulating Daimler promotional video (or its introductory text), rather than a reliable and neutral source.
For a topic of this historic importance and gravity, multiple independent (and preferably authoritative, independent, academic and technical media) sources should be widely available online.