Talk:Étienne Lenoir

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The engine of Lenoir was not a two-stroke. Not in the literal sense anyway, as it uses a different way of ignition and valves.

Doesn't this count as a stub? Brutannica 20:13, 26 March 2006 (UTC) Lenoir's engine is a 2 stroke, but it differs from modern ones because it uses the obsolete Leonoir cycle, which doesn't compress the charge prior to ignition. Non-compression engines are very inefficient. The Coolspring Power Museum (an hour NE of Pittsburgh) will soon have a Sombart (circa 1882) using this cycle, although with flame ignition rather than spark71.227.91.48 03:00, 8 September 2006 (UTC).[reply]

A combustion engine sizes up if "sufficient cooling water is not applied" or "the cooling water supply is insufficient". I therefore deleted the double negation "if insufficient cooling water was not applied" into "if sufficient cooling water was not applied"

In the end it says Lenoir died "alone and broke" - perhaps this should be replace with more formal language? For example, Lenoir died "poor and lonely"

   Have changed this to the example above.--Dagurlwonder 06:47, 2 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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This article was automatically assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 08:29, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism[edit]

Hello, have deleted the vandalism from page —Preceding unsigned comment added by Safez (talk • contribs) 23:16, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Belgian or french?[edit]

Milestones of Flight by Michael J. H. Taylor states Lenoir was french. Worth being checked. --Mezod (talk) 11:48, 1 May 2011 (UTC) I think the term "engine sizes up" should be "engine seizes up" i.e. to stop moving. Also the picture of a "fas engine" appears to have a "steam release" valve on it (the two ball device) and I wonder if a combustible engine would have such an attachment. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.152.197.234 (talk) 08:07, 30 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Die in??[edit]

He not die in 1998...1898 or 1900... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.166.101.172 (talk) 16:18, 15 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

1858 or 1859?[edit]

The opening sentence suggests that he developed the gas engine in 1858 but later one, it reads that in 1859 he developed this engine. George Rodney Maruri Game (talk) 05:03, 10 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]