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Londoner, Samuel Brown was granted British Patent No. 5350

Tuesday 25th April 1826

Londoner, Samuel Brown was granted British Patent No. 5350 for the first practical internal combustion engine. A carriage powered his 4 hp 2 cylinder atmospheric gas 89 litre engine climbed Shooters Hill, Blackheath, Kent in May 1826.

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