Criticism of pseudoscience, generally by the scientific community or skeptical organizations, involves critiques of the logical, methodological, or rhetorical bases of the topic in question.
A+E Networks. The German engineer Felix Wankel, inventor of a rotary engine that will be used in race cars, is born on August 13, 1902, in Lahr, Germany. Wankel reportedly came up with the basic idea for a new type of internal combustion gasoline engine when he was only 17 years old.
The Chevrolet Corvair engine was a Flat-6 (or Boxer engine) Piston engine used exclusively in the 1960s Chevrolet Corvair automobile. It was a highly unusual engine for General Motors Corporation: It was Air-cooled, used a Flat engine, with Aluminum heads (incorporating integral Intake manifold) and Crankcase, with individual iron cylinder barrels.