![The Hippomobile. Built in 1862 by Belgian Jean Joseph Etienne Lenoir, it is another early internal combustion driven automobile. Th… | Methane, Nitrogen, Automobile The Hippomobile. Built in 1862 by Belgian Jean Joseph Etienne Lenoir, it is another early internal combustion driven automobile. Th… | Methane, Nitrogen, Automobile](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/a9/2b/1d/a92b1d4d496d2a38dbbcf7b993791d24--the-hippo-lenoir.jpg)
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![Photo of Jean Joseph Etienne Lenoir when he created the first internal combustion engine burning gas in a cylinder in 1860. | Antieke auto's, Oldtimers, Automobiel Photo of Jean Joseph Etienne Lenoir when he created the first internal combustion engine burning gas in a cylinder in 1860. | Antieke auto's, Oldtimers, Automobiel](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/11/63/fa/1163fa3f7ec41929bd8423876456f2f0.jpg)
Photo of Jean Joseph Etienne Lenoir when he created the first internal combustion engine burning gas in a cylinder in 1860. | Antieke auto's, Oldtimers, Automobiel
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Jean Joseph Etienne Lenoir - inventor of gas fired internal-combustion engine | Photo editor, Lenoir, Famous
This Day in Automotive History - Jean Joseph Étienne Lenoir of Mussy-la-Ville, Luxembourg, in modern day Belgium, received a patent for his internal combustion engine on this day in 1860. His design
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