Also known as Nicolaus August Otto
German inventor (1832–1891)
Nicolaus Otto was a German inventor who developed the four-stroke internal combustion engine in the 1870s, which became the fundamental design used in most automobiles and gasoline-powered equipment for over a century. His invention matters because it made practical, efficient motorized transportation possible, fundamentally transforming how people traveled and lived.
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尼古拉斯·奧托(Nicolaus Otto,1832年6月11日-1891年1月28日),生于海德地區霍爾茨豪森,是一位德国科学家,1876年发明了四冲程循環内燃机。也有报道称,非四冲程内燃机此前已由他人发明,且四冲程在他在世的年代可能也已经存在,但他首次将其实用化。并且为汽车的诞生产生了推动作用。其子古斯塔夫·奧托為BMW創辦人。
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