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Alphonse Beau de Rochas
1815-04-09 – 1893-03-27
Life & Legacy
Alphonse Eugène Beau de Rochas (9 April 1815, Digne-les-Bains, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence – 27 March 1893, Vincennes) was a French engineer. He was the first to patent the four-stroke engine in 1862, but he did not build one and the idea was subsequently developed by Nicolaus Otto and other engineers.
Occupation & Career
inventor, engineer, railway engineer
Sources & Provenance
- Wikidata population candidate Q740157 — wikidata View source
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