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Also Known As petrol engine

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V-type engine
gasoline engines
gasoline engine
internal-combustion engine: four-stroke cycle
blower-scavenged two-stroke-cycle engine
Wankel rotary engine
carburetor
gasoline engine cooling system
gasoline engine lubrication system
piston and cylinder
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Siegfried Marcus
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Gottlieb Daimler
Gottlieb Daimler
German engineer and inventor
Karl Benz
Karl Benz
German engineer