1867 Otto Langen Serial Number 1 Startup, Run & Shutdown

The very first one - A longer video here of the 1867 Serial Number 1 engine being started at the Technikum in May of 2008
Fuel is by synthetic town gas, a mixture of H2, Methane and CO. It is nothing short of amazing that it still exists and is believed to be the earliest operating internal combustion in the world. This rare moment was filmed by myself at Deutz and has been posted here with their permission.
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[farmerphil]

What a piece of history, fantastic to see it run. To think is survived all this time. THANK YOU.  Phil

[XELA2T]

The birth hour of all future internal combustion piston engines

[Sneighke]

Probably not since it's running on hydrogen and methane. Though the CO might be an issue after awhile.

[Sneighke]

@Umaxen

Industrial engines didn't need to run very fast. Belt powered machines. People probably still lost limbs! lol

[Sneighke]

@aterack833

LMAO.

I'm wondering what happens when the ECU crashes! lol

[joeylawn36111]

I'm assuming the exhaust is piped outside?

[aterack833]

at the end it sounded like a breathing machine as the patient died

[aterack833]

runs better than my computer

[Ebbonified]

Simply amazing!

To think that the that the first production engine may yet outlast all combustion engines made since is astounding.

Side note:

It looks like it's mounted on a lamp post.

[Umaxen]

Amazing. I wonder what these could have been used for at the time since the hp seems to be VERY low.

[4mulas]

The Otto-Langen free piston atmospheric gas engine was patented in 1866 and awarded the Grand Prize at the Paris Exposition of 1867 for being the most efficient gas engine ever produced. It became the world's first commercially successful internal combustion engine. About 2650 engines were manufactured in Germany until 1878, when Otto exhibited his silent gas engine at another Paris Exposition.

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