<P> Father Eugenio Barsanti , an Italian engineer , together with Felice Matteucci of Florence invented the first real internal combustion engine in 1853 . Their patent request was granted in London on June 12 , 1854 , and published in London 's Morning Journal under the title `` Specification of Eugene Barsanti and Felix Matteucci , Obtaining Motive Power by the Explosion of Gasses '' . In 1860 , Belgian Jean Joseph Etienne Lenoir produced a gas - fired internal combustion engine . In 1864 , Nikolaus Otto patented the first atmospheric gas engine . In 1872 , American George Brayton invented the first commercial liquid - fueled internal combustion engine . In 1876 , Nikolaus Otto , working with Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach , patented the compressed charge , four - cycle engine . In 1879 , Karl Benz patented a reliable two - stroke gas engine . In 1892 , Rudolf Diesel developed the first compressed charge , compression ignition engine . In 1926 , Robert Goddard launched the first liquid - fueled rocket . In 1939 , the Heinkel He 178 became the world 's first jet aircraft . In 1954 German engineer Felix Wankel patented a `` pistonless '' engine using an eccentric rotary design . </P>
<P> Father Eugenio Barsanti , an Italian engineer , together with Felice Matteucci of Florence invented the first real internal combustion engine in 1853 . Their patent request was granted in London on June 12 , 1854 , and published in London 's Morning Journal under the title `` Specification of Eugene Barsanti and Felix Matteucci , Obtaining Motive Power by the Explosion of Gasses '' . In 1860 , Belgian Jean Joseph Etienne Lenoir produced a gas - fired internal combustion engine . In 1864 , Nikolaus Otto patented the first atmospheric gas engine . In 1872 , American George Brayton invented the first commercial liquid - fueled internal combustion engine . In 1876 , Nikolaus Otto , working with Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach , patented the compressed charge , four - cycle engine . In 1879 , Karl Benz patented a reliable two - stroke gas engine . In 1892 , Rudolf Diesel developed the first compressed charge , compression ignition engine . In 1926 , Robert Goddard launched the first liquid - fueled rocket . In 1939 , the Heinkel He 178 became the world 's first jet aircraft . In 1954 German engineer Felix Wankel patented a `` pistonless '' engine using an eccentric rotary design . </P>
when was the first combustion engine car invented
when was the first combustion engine car invented
1853
1853