The original concept of combustion engines as we understand them dates as far back as the late 1800s. And while they are more or less a solved science today, they definitely didn't start that way.
"First issued 1923 ... new edition 1931." "The present volume is a revised and somewhat extended edition of vol. II of The internal-combustion engine published in 1923."--Pref. to new edition.
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