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Although it wasn't a combustible engine I do believe the first engine was created by a man named Thomas Davenport. Thomas Davenport was an American blacksmith and inventor who invented the first DC electrical motor in 1834 he created a small model of electrical railway in 1835. He had patented a device for "Improvements in propelling machinery by magnetism and electromagnetism" in 1837 (which was his electric railway). Davenport used his DC electrical motor to power shop machinery, and it was the first practical application for the electric motor. Davenport later started a workshop in New York City and published a journal on electromagnetism.

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Webster Bednar

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