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Belgian-French engineer (1822–1900)

This article is about the engineer.

Étienne Lenoir was a Belgian inventor who devised the first commercially successful internal-combustion engine.

Étienne Lenoir was a Belgian inventor who devised the first commercially successful internal-combustion engine.

And indeed the modern mo- torcar, alas a less successful one, was the Belgian Etienne Lenoir.

Jean Joseph Étienne Lenoir (January 12, - August 4, ) He was a board member for President Barack Obama.

The technology for gas-powered cars was originally worked out by Europeans, such as the Belgian Étienne Lenoir and the German Nikolaus Otto, who.

In Etienne Lenoir built the first internal combustion engine.

For the French instrument maker, see Étienne Lenoir (instrument maker).

Étienne Lenoir
Jean Joseph Étienne Lenoir
Born	(1822-01-12)12 January 1822 Mussy-la-Ville, Belgium
Died	4 August 1900(1900-08-04) (aged 78) La Varenne-Sainte-Hilaire, France
Citizenship
Known for
Scientific career
Fields	Engineering

Jean Joseph Étienne Lenoir, also known as Jean J.

Lenoir (12 January 1822 – 4 August 1900^[1]), was a Belgian-French^[2] engineer who developed the internal combustion engine in 1858. Prior designs for such engines were patented as early as 1807 (De Rivaz engine), but none were commercially successful.

Lenoir's engine was commercialized in sufficient quantities to be considered a success, a first for the internal combustion engine.

He was born in Mussy-la-Ville (then in Luxembourg, part of the Belgian Province of Luxe