How Everything Works on Instagram: "The internal combustion engine literally turns tiny explosions into motion. Inside each cylinder, air and fuel are compressed into a highly flammable mix. When the spark plug fires, it ignites the mixture, creating a rapid expansion of hot gases — a controlled micro-explosion. That blast forces the piston downward, and the connecting rod transfers that motion to the crankshaft, turning it with every stroke. This cycle repeats hundreds of times per second, acro

PISTONAIRE on Instagram: "How the Internal Combustion Engine Was Born The internal combustion engine didn’t pop up overnight — it took multiple inventors across decades. The earliest concept goes back to 1860, when Étienne Lenoir built the first commercially successful gas engine. But the real breakthrough came in 1876, when Nikolaus Otto invented the 4-stroke “Otto Cycle” engine — intake, compression, power, exhaust. That layout still powers most gasoline engines today. Later, Gottlieb Daimler