Talk:Étienne Lenoir

Untitled
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).

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)

WikiProject class rating
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)

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

Belgian or french?
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)

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

1858 or 1859?
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)