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Nikolaus Otto (Wikipedia)

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The Wikipedia article on Nikolaus Otto, consulted for its account of the 1876 four-stroke engine and the 1862 Beau de Rochas patent that later invalidated part of Otto's own patent.

Facts
Author
Wikipedia contributors
Publisher
Wikimedia Foundation
URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolaus_Otto
Source Type
Reference Work
Reliability Tier
2
Sources
Nikolaus Otto (Wikipedia)
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Claims Backed By This Source (15 claims)

This source backs 15 claims across the atlas. As facts: 12 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds, 1 connected. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Open Questions, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
  • Sources, 6 claims: 6 well-attested.
  • Engineers, 1 claims: 1 holds.

Well-attested

12

Open Questions

Who deserves credit for inventing the four-stroke internal combustion engine cycle: Alphonse Beau de Rochas, who patented the concept in 1862 without building an engine, or Nikolaus Otto, who built the first working four-stroke engine in 1876?

Sources

Nikolaus Otto (Wikipedia)

Holds

1

Engineers

Nikolaus Otto

Connected

1

Open Questions

Who deserves credit for inventing the four-stroke internal combustion engine cycle: Alphonse Beau de Rochas, who patented the concept in 1862 without building an engine, or Nikolaus Otto, who built the first working four-stroke engine in 1876?

General References

1

Open Questions

Who deserves credit for inventing the four-stroke internal combustion engine cycle: Alphonse Beau de Rochas, who patented the concept in 1862 without building an engine, or Nikolaus Otto, who built the first working four-stroke engine in 1876?
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