barsanti's

Updated: July 27, 2026

Barsanti and Matteucci were engaged in devising and experimenting with an engine very similar to this some years before, but Otto & Langen, no doubt, worked quite independently. Barsanti's engine never became a commercial article; while Otto & Langen's firm, it is said, held their own for ten years, and turned out about 4000 engines.

Walter C. Runciman - Gas and Oil Engines, Simply Explained: An Elementary Instruction Book for Amateurs and Engine Attendants