Explain brief history of ic engine in your own words.

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Explain brief history of ic engine in your own words.

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In 1791, a scientist John Barber made a gas turbine. After three years, Another Scientist Thomas Mead made a patent of a gas engine. At that time, another Scientist Robert Street made a patent of an internal combustion engine. That engine was the first engine in which liquid fuel is used. After a few years, in 1798, another Scientist John Stevens made the first American IC engine. After 9 years, A Swiss Engineer made an IC engine that is ignited by an electric spark.

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