The History of the Internal Combustion Engine - Research Paper Example

Internal Combustion Engines, is a vital part of our (humans) technical development, as a species, did not just sprang into being but went through different phases of development, evidenced by its history. Today Internal Combustion Engines are of numerous types, for instance, steam engines, gasoline engines, jet engines, etc; each specifically designed to serve its purpose. We see engines on ships, aircraft, trains, cars, bikes and what not? The basic principle or working of all these types of engines is almost the same but we will be focusing on internal combustion engines and in order to review the impacts of it on our society we must first delve deep into history and trace the internal combustion engine back to its very initial form of existence and the factors or other inventions that led to it.

 The engine as we know it today was never always the same and evidently went through a certain specific developmental process to attain the form it has today. Various inventions; which resulted in the very initial structure of the Engine, were in most cases, not even connected to the engine at all, nor did their inventors’ intentions drove them to think with respect to the engine. History tells us of different inventions, not linked to each other and totally made to serve their own purpose, being consequential to the invention of the internal combustion engine.