The rotary engine has a misconstrued past. Over the years, the ‘first’ and the ‘inventor’ of it have shifted, and most people don’t even realize that the idea for the odd beast actually reaches back over four hundred years.  In the 16th century, an Italian military engineer by the name of Agostino Ramelli came up with the design in 1588 for the first rotary-piston water pump that could raise and lower water ‘magically’ (mechanically). Jump ahead a few hundred years to
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