Felix Wankel

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Wankel, Felix; Wankel engine

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Felix Wankel: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Apr 15, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Oct 05, 2023
	Anniversary information added.		Aug 09, 2023
	Add new Web site: The New York Times - Felix Wankel, Inventor, Is Dead; Creator of Rotary Engine Was 86.	Thinley Kalsang Bhutia	Oct 27, 2015
	Added image of Wankel.	Richard Pallardy	Dec 10, 2009
	Article revised and expanded.	Richard Pallardy	Dec 10, 2009
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998