Editing Carburetor (section)

== History ==
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In 1826, American engineer [[Samuel Morey]] received a patent for a "gas or vapor engine", which had a carburetor that mixed [[turpentine]] and air.<ref>{{cite web |title=Samuel Morey |url=https://www.lindahall.org/about/news/scientist-of-the-day/samuel-morey |website=The Linda Hall Library |access-date=22 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=A Detailed History Of The Internal Combustion Engine |url=https://www.hotcars.com/internal-combustion-engine-history/ |website=HotCars |access-date=22 October 2022 |date=22 April 2021}}</ref> The design did not reach production. In 1875 German engineer [[Siegfried Marcus]] produced a car powered by the first [[petrol]] engine (which also debuted the first [[magneto ignition]] system).<ref>{{cite web |title=Siegfried Marcus Car |url=https://www.asme.org/about-asme/engineering-history/landmarks/203-siegfried-marcus-car |website=www.asme.org |access-date=22 October 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Siegfried Marcus Car |url=https://www.inventionandtech.com/landmark_landing/80378 |website=www.inventionandtech.com |access-date=22 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=HHF Factpaper: Siegfried Marcus – An Uncredited Inventive Genius |url=https://hebrewhistory.info/factpapers/fp032-1_marcus.htm |website=hebrewhistory.info |access-date=22 October 2022}}</ref> Karl Benz introduced his single-cylinder [[four-stroke engine|four-stroke]] powered [[Benz Patent-Motorwagen]] in 1885.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US382585 |title=Carburetor |website=Google.com |access-date=8 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6Is_rosCeKUC&q=benz+carburetor+inventore&pg=PA91 |page=91 |title=Inventors and Inventions |publisher=Marshall Cavendish |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-7614-7761-7 |access-date=19 January 2014}}</ref>

All three of these engines used surface carburetors, which operated by moving air across the top of a vessel containing the fuel.<ref>{{citation|title=Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary|year=1913 |title-link=1913 Webster's}}</ref>

The first float-fed carburetor design, which used an [[atomizer nozzle]], was introduced by German engineers Wilhelm Maybach and Gottlieb Daimler in their 1885 [[Wilhelm Maybach#The "Grandfather Clock engine" (1885)|''Grandfather Clock engine'']].<ref>{{cite book|title=World History of the Automobile |last=Eckermann |first=Erik |publisher=Society of Automotive Engineers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yLZeQwqNmdgC&pg=PA276 |page=276 |year=2001 |isbn=978-0-7680-0800-5}}</ref> The [[Edward Butler (inventor)#Butler Petrol Cycle|Butler Petrol Cycle]] car—built in England in 1888—also used a float-fed carburetor.<ref>{{cite web |title=Csonka János Emlékmúzeum – The pulverized (spray carburetor) |url=http://www.csonkamuzeum.hu/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=63&Itemid=154 |website=csonkamuzeum.hu |access-date=2 November 2020 |language=en |date=2011}}</ref><ref>{{citation |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=pDbQVE3IdTcC&pg=PA335 |page=335 |access-date=July 27, 2014 |title=Scientific American Inventions and Discoveries: All the Milestones in Ingenuity—From the Discovery of Fire to the Invention of the Microwave Oven |first=Rodney |last=Carlisle |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |year=2005 |isbn=978-0-471-66024-8}}</ref>

The first carburetor for a [[stationary engine]] was patented in 1893 by Hungarian engineers [[János Csonka]] and [[Donát Bánki]].<ref>{{cite book|first1=John S. |last1=Rigden |first2=Roger H. |last2=Stuewer |title=The Physical Tourist: A Science Guide for the Traveler |publisher=Springer |year=2009 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i4uLnMZeACsC&pg=PA193 |isbn=978-3-7643-8933-8}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scitech.mtesz.hu/51landmark/banki.htm |title=Donát Bánki |website=Scitech.mtesz.hu |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120717091817/http://www.scitech.mtesz.hu/51landmark/banki.htm |archive-date=17 July 2012 |access-date=19 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.csonkamuzeum.hu/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=63&Itemid=154 |title=Inspirator and Pulverizer}}</ref>

The first four-barrel carburetors were the [[Carter Carburetor]] WCFB and the identical [[Rochester Products Division|Rochester]] 4GC, introduced in various General Motors models for 1952. Oldsmobile referred the new carburetor as the "Quadri-Jet" (original spelling)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wildaboutcarsonline.com/members/AardvarkPublisherAttachments/9990336152504/1952_Olds_Prestige_Brochure_1-20_C.pdf |title=1952 Oldsmobile prestige brochure |website=wildaboutcarsonline.com |access-date=2016-05-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070318/http://wildaboutcarsonline.com/members/AardvarkPublisherAttachments/9990336152504/1952_Olds_Prestige_Brochure_1-20_C.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead}}</ref> while Buick called it the "Airpower".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oldcarbrochures.com/static/NA/Buick/1952_Buick/1952_Buick_Airpower_Folder/dirindex.html |title=1952 Buick Airpower folder |website=Oldcarbrochures.com |access-date=2016-05-09}}</ref>

In the United States, carburetors were the common method of fuel delivery for most US-made gasoline (petrol) engines until the late 1980s, when fuel injection became the preferred method.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yLZeQwqNmdgC&pg=PA199 |title=World History of the Automobile |first=Erik |last=Eckermann |pages=199–200 |publisher=Society of Automotive Engineers |year=2001 |access-date=2016-05-09 |isbn=978-0-7680-0800-5}}</ref> One of the last motorsport users of carburetors was NASCAR, which switched to electronic fuel injection after the [[2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series|2011 Sprint Cup series]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Mark |last=Aumann |url=http://www.nascar.com/news/111018/inside-nascar-fuel-injection-replaces-carburetor/index.html |title=NASCAR takes 'really big step' with fuel injection |website=Nascar.com |date=11 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025133612/http://www.nascar.com/news/111018/inside-nascar-fuel-injection-replaces-carburetor/index.html |archive-date=25 October 2012 |access-date=19 January 2014}}</ref> NASCAR still uses the four-barrel carburetor in the [[NASCAR Xfinity Series]].

In Europe, carburetors were largely replaced by fuel injection in the late 1980s, although fuel injection had been increasingly used in luxury cars and sports cars since the 1970s. [[European Economic Community|EEC]] legislation required all vehicles sold and produced in member countries to have a catalytic converter after December 1992. This legislation had been in the pipeline for some time, with many cars becoming available with catalytic converters or fuel injection from around 1990.