![Photo of Jean Joseph Etienne Lenoir when he created the first internal combustion engine burning gas in a cylinder in 1860. | Carros antigos, Carros Photo of Jean Joseph Etienne Lenoir when he created the first internal combustion engine burning gas in a cylinder in 1860. | Carros antigos, Carros](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. | Carros antigos, Carros
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
![A Pioneering Developer of the Internal Combustion Engine Completes His Life's Journey – Transportation History A Pioneering Developer of the Internal Combustion Engine Completes His Life's Journey – Transportation History](https://transportationhistoryorg.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/etienne_lenoir_2.jpg?w=682)