In this video, we explore the fascinating journey of the oil engine, from its early beginnings in the 1860s to its transformative impact on industry and transportation.
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0:00 Opening Title Sequence
0:30 The Story Begins: Cologne, 1861
1:18 Nikolaus Otto & the Lenoir Gas Engine
2:50 Steam Was King: The World in 1861
4:17 The Pioneers Before Otto: Huygens to Barnett (1671–1838)
6:40 Otto's Four-Stroke Vision & Early Setbacks (1861–1862)
8:51 1863: Otto's Atmospheric Engine Runs for the First Time
9:15 N.A. Otto & Co. Founded; Gold Medal at Paris 1867
10:02 England Adopts the Engine: The Crossley Brothers
11:07 Franco-Prussian War & Brayton's Naphtha Engine
12:03 Cologne Prospers: Otto Conceives the Compression Engine
12:51 9 May 1876: Birth Certificate of the Internal Combustion Engine
13:34 Patents & Global Launch of the Four-Stroke Engine
14:07 Robson, Dugald Clerk & the Two-Stroke Engine...
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