Although strikes could be an effective tool in increasing the bargaining power of workers through unions, some very large strikes had the opposite effect, since they would shut down plants that were loved by citizens--turning the citizens anger towards the workers instead of the factories.
The Belgian mechanic and inventor is credited with building the first working internal combustion engine in 1860 was, A) Jean Lenoir. It was a gas fired internal combustion engine and was the first engine to be produced multiple times.
