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.
A: There are approximately six types of car engines out there. They include inline engines, boxer engines, V-type engines, rotary engines, W-type engines and diesel engines. The number of engines is expected to grow with the new technologies in the auto industry.