Complex sentence: A hit-and-miss engine is a type of four-stroke internal combustion engine that was conceived in the late 19th century and was produced by various companies from the 1890s through approximately the 1940s.
Split into simpler sentences: A hit-and-miss engine is a type of four-stroke internal combustion engine. It was conceived in the late 19th century and produced by various companies from the 1890s through approximately the 1940s.