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An internal combustion engine is described in which the individual cylinder arrangements are arranged circularly and parallel about an output shaft (60), each cylinder arrangement containing its own crankshaft drive (46), which is respectively connected by way of a bevel gear (46) to a bevel gear (61), located on the output shaft (60) and common to all crank arrangements of the individual cylinder arrangements. A small, compact internal combustion engine is thereby achieved, which can be manufactured with a power output of up to one HP per 450g approx. of engine weight. The drive shaft simultaneously serves as camshaft if the transmission between the individual crankshaft drives and the drive shaft has a ratio of 2:1 or a multiple thereof, for example 4:1, 8:1 etc. <IMAGE>
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