Jean Joseph Etienne Lenoir developed the internal combustion engine in 1859. He was a Belgian engineer. Etienne Lenoir developed the first single-cylinder two-stroke engine by mixing coal gas and air to ignite a 'jumping spark' ignition system.
in you mean invent it was around 1858 or 1860
The whole reason was GASOLINE
who was the first person to invent the internal combustion engine
The internal combustion engine.
1879
2 years
Etienne lenior invented the gas engine.
Nikolaus was a German inventor who made the first internal combustion engine.
in 1860
The internal combustion engine they say that Nikolaus August Otto did but actually he didn't find out about the gas engine until he started traveling as a salesman selling sugar and silverware in Germany.As the above answer says Etienne Lenoir actually invented the first internal combustion engine in 1859. He also invented a gas engine and what was named a toilet in 1860, and a naptha fueled four cycle motorboat in 1888. Apart from these he was awarded the Legion d'honneur in 1881 for developments in telegraphy during the France-Prussian war. My sources for the answer are from family history.
He Invented the first affordable automobile and many components for the car, such as the internal combustion engine.
Henry Ford's breakthrough was in applying mass production techniques to car manufacture. For the concept and practical invention of the 4 stroke engine see the wikipedia article on the history of the internal combustion engine: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_internal_combustion_engine