<P> The first practical petrol engine was built in 1876 in Germany by Nikolaus August Otto , although there had been earlier attempts by Étienne Lenoir , Siegfried Marcus , Julius Hock and George Brayton . The first petrol combustion engine ( one cylinder , 121.6 cm displacement ) was prototyped in 1882 in Italy by Enrico Bernardi . British engineer Edward Butler constructed the first petrol ( gasoline ) internal combustion engine . Butler invented the spark plug , ignition magneto , coil ignition and spray jet carburetor , and was the first to use the word petrol . </P>
<P> The first practical petrol engine was built in 1876 in Germany by Nikolaus August Otto , although there had been earlier attempts by Étienne Lenoir , Siegfried Marcus , Julius Hock and George Brayton . The first petrol combustion engine ( one cylinder , 121.6 cm displacement ) was prototyped in 1882 in Italy by Enrico Bernardi . British engineer Edward Butler constructed the first petrol ( gasoline ) internal combustion engine . Butler invented the spark plug , ignition magneto , coil ignition and spray jet carburetor , and was the first to use the word petrol . </P>
who developed a machine which could be run by petrol
who developed a machine which could be run by petrol
Nikolaus August Otto
Nikolaus August Otto