Nikolaus August Otto
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Nikolaus August Otto , 1832-91, German engineer. He was coinventor (1867) of an internal-combustion engine, and he devised (1876) the four-stroke Otto cycle, which was widely adopted for automobile, airplane, and other motors.
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Otto cycle questioned
; Three readers have asked for the Otto cycle engine to be explained, following an article in a local magazine which claimed that the Otto cycle was the same as diesel. It isn't. The Otto cycle describes the classic four-stroke suck, squeeze...
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Four stroke reinvention?
; ...has an alternative design to the current four-stroke engine. Despite massive advances over the decades, modern four-stroke Otto cycle engines are still based on a design more than a century old. Check out the inventor's website at: www. new4stroke...
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Spelling and Otto cycles
; ...diesel motor was another name for an Otto cycle engine. I'm not sure that's right. Michael...The difference between them is that Otto cycle engines, usually petrol-powered, have...the compression-ignition process, the Otto cycle is named after Nikolaus Otto who built...
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Static & Crosstalk
; ...the railroad. Later, in the 20th century, electric motors, Otto cycle and diesel engines took over some of the work, but most electric...are run by steam engines - even the nuclear-powered ones. Otto cycle engines and gasoline may be on the way out. In any case the...
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Otto or not, here it comes.(Statistical Data Included)
; ...combustion process of the last century, the Otto cycle, is spawning variants--and, in some instances...schemes. AS AN AUTOMOBILE MOVER, the Otto cycle engine seems bound for extinction, its...its own way, however, the ubiquitous Otto cycle engine thumps along another trail to...
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Otto or not, here it comes
; ...combustion process of the last century, the Otto cycle, is spawning variants and, in some instances...Associate Editor AS AN AUTOMOBILE MOVER, the Otto cycle engine seems bound for extinction, its...In its own way however, the ubiquitous Otto cycle engine thumps along another trail ...
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Autos have Otto to thank
; ...inventor that we name the four cycles of a petrol burner the Otto cycle. In 1861 he built an internal combustion engine and then partnered...using the four-stroke principle. That is why we know it as the Otto cycle. The person who first explained the principle some six years...
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Engines wasteful
; ...since we might then demand a more efficient form of locomotion, which would cut into their takings. At $US2 per barrel the Otto cycle was tolerable, though the waste heat did the planet no favours; now, the day of the fuel cell or another alternative must...
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How do engines work?; HOW IT WORKS: TRANSPORT
; ...FOUR STROKE ENGINES Cars nearly all use four-stroke or Otto cycle engines, invented by Niklaus Otto in 1876. The cycle consists...mixture and the exhaust valve the expulsion of waste gases. The Otto cycle begins with a downstroke allowing the piston to make a vaccum...
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DOWN THE ROAD; The key to the hybrid revolution; Forget the engine; now it's all about the battery
; ...to run on the so- called Atkinson cycle, a variation of the Otto cycle that is used on conventional gas engines. The difference between...toward performance rather than fuel economy and stay with the Otto cycle. The Atkinson cycle engine is ideal for a hybrid application...
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