internal combustion engine

Summary

internal combustion engine is an engine class^[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of engine_class entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,608 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• internal combustion engine is credited with the discovery of Rudolf Diesel^[3].
• internal combustion engine is credited with the discovery of Nicolaus Otto^[4].
• internal combustion engine's image is recorded as Wankel Cycle anim.gif^[5].
• internal combustion engine's image is recorded as Diesel Engine (4 cycle running).gif^[6].
• internal combustion engine's image is recorded as Qt-Flash-Final.gif^[7].
• internal combustion engine's image is recorded as Turbofan3 Unlabelled.gif^[8].
• internal combustion engine's instance of is recorded as engine class^[9].
• internal combustion engine's GND ID is recorded as 4062661-1^[10].
• internal combustion engine's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85067314^[11].
• internal combustion engine's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11932534n^[12].
• internal combustion engine's subclass of is recorded as combustion engine^[13].
• internal combustion engine's Commons category is recorded as Internal combustion engines^[14].
• internal combustion engine's pronunciation audio is recorded as De-Verbrennungsmotor2.ogg^[15].
• internal combustion engine's said to be the same as is recorded as explosion motor^[16].
• internal combustion engine's opposite of is recorded as external combustion engine^[17].
• internal combustion engine's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 22633^[18].
• internal combustion engine's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1924-00-00T00:00:00Z^[19].
• internal combustion engine's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03tpm^[20].
• internal combustion engine's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph116225^[21].
• internal combustion engine's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Internal combustion engine^[22].
• internal combustion engine's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 629.25^[23].
• internal combustion engine's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 621.43^[24].
• internal combustion engine's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 623.8723^[25].
• internal combustion engine's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 1201812^[26].
• internal combustion engine's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Rudolf Diesel^[3], an inventor^[28], 1858–1913^[29], of Kingdom of Bavaria^[30], awarded the Elliott Cresson Medal^[31], specialised in engineer^[32] and Nicolaus Otto^[4], an engineer^[33], 1832–1891^[34], of Kingdom of Prussia^[35], awarded the National Inventors Hall of Fame^[36], specialised in technology^[37].

Why It Matters

internal combustion engine ranks in the top 8% of engine_class entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,608 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[38] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[39]