Atkinson's engine had one power phase per revolution together with different intake and expansion volumes, potentially making it more efficient than the Otto cycle, but certainly avoiding Otto's patent. 1884: British engineer Edward Butler constructed the first petrol (gasoline) internal combustion engine. Butler invented the spark plug, ignition magneto, coil ignition and spray jet carburetor, and was the first to use the word petrol.[16] 1885: German engineer Gottlieb Daimler received a German patent for a supercharger 1887: Gustaf de Laval introduces the de Laval nozzle 1889: Félix Millet begins development of the first vehicle to be powered by a rotary engine in transportation history.