Person
Beau de Rochas
- Events
- 1
- Episodes
- 2
- Years
- 1876
Every event in Historedia whose sources name Beau de Rochas, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.
Events and episodes
Nicolaus Otto patents the four-stroke internal combustion engine
1876Role: Prior Patent Holder
- Development of the Four-Stroke Engine
Otto and Langen created the first internal combustion engine that compressed the fuel mixture prior to combustion, achieving higher efficiency than previous designs.
- Appearance of the Rings-Schumm Engine
The engine developed by Franz Rings and Herman Schumm appeared in autumn 1876 and was immediately successful.
- Development of the Four-Stroke Engine
Sources
- Nicolaus Otto Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-14