The internal combustion engine was an innovation of a. guglielmo marconi b. thomas edison c. alexander graham bell d. jean lenoir e. gustav eiffel

The first commercially successful internal combustion engine was created by Étienne Lenoir. It was around 1859 that it happened. The first modern internal combustion engine, though, was created in 1876 by Nikolaus Otto.

But in the end, it was invention and innovation attributed to Jean Lenoir, who was Belgian inventor and self taught chemist. The development of the internal combustion engine happened back in 1858.

The answer is: D. Jean Lenoir

your answer would be (b)

it increase by 12% a year from 1812-1820