The Man Behind the Machine Nicolaus was a German inventor Born in 1832 in Holzhausen an der Haide His design was the first 4 stroke ICE to have any kind of practicality
The Otto Engine is a single cylinder 4 stroke ICE. The Machine The Otto Engine is a single cylinder 4 stroke ICE. It is one of the first engines to use a spark plug which is used to ingnite compressed air/fuel
Any 4 stroke engine is an Otto Engine The Otto Cycle Any 4 stroke engine is an Otto Engine The 4 strokes are: Intake, Compression, Combustion/Power, Exhaust. The cycle is: 1-2: adiabatic compression 2-3: heat addition at constant volume 3-4: adiabatic expansion and rejection of heat at constant volume
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_cycle#The _Otto_cycle Bibliography http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_cycle#The _Otto_cycle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_engine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaus_Otto