At 13:54 +0200 8/07/2002, Wizard of OS wrote: >maybe you should add, the car is a european (german) invention > >Otto, Diesel and Wankel were germans, what a coincidence
Right - but Lenoir, who in 1860 made the first 2-stroke engine with controlled ignition (fed with gas) was a Belgian, Beau de Rochas who developed in 1862 the theory of the 4-stroke engine was a French... Otto made the first 4-stroke engine in 1876. And Rudolf Diesel was born in 1858 in Paris! I appreciate you enthousiasm for Germany and German people, but don't forget that Europe has a common cultural identity since a long time! Louis
