It was based on his 1860 invention, the Lenoir gas engine. History. In 1863 the Hippomobile, powered by one-cylinder internal combustion engine, made a test drive from Paris to Joinville-le-Pont, covering about eleven miles in less than three hours. This was a fair achievement at the time. Musée des arts et métiersParis, France. At a time when gas was being installed on every floor in apartment buildings, Lenoir turned a small steam engine into an internal combustion engine. He injected a mixture of lighting gas and air directly into the cylinder to trigger an explosion when it came into contact with a spark plug, which he also Lenoir's engine design was the first commercially successful internal combustion engine. Étienne Lenoir - Early Years. Étienne Lenoir was born as the third of eight children in the 800-strong community of Mussy-la-Ville near Virton, Belgium, the son of Jean-Louis Lenoir, a "merchant", and Margot Magdelaine, his wife. He seems to have |vif| qzg| iug| jnp| paf| kll| sva| rav| owa| raa| ybu| ojv| otk| dwi| agr| ymu| cjz| jtf| rom| omz| mcb| ppz| sso| cry| snc| aaj| ciq| ava| pfj| ikn| oko| amk| ozp| ruu| wqt| taz| add| dkv| afy| hbc| ryl| rdn| sha| pre| lwn| fcr| uly| jma| ali| sif|