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Timeline of motor and engine technology
Timeline of motor and engine technology
- 1698 - Thomas Savery builds a steam-powered water pump for pumping water out of mines
- 1712 - Thomas Newcomen builds a piston-and-cylinder steam-powered water pump for pumping water out of mines
- 1769 - James Watt patents his first improved steam engine
- 1816 - Robert Stirling invented his hot air Stirling engine
- 1821 - Michael Faraday builds an electricity-powered motor
- 1876 - Nikolaus Otto designs a four-stroke internal combustion engine
- 1888 - Nikola Tesla patents the induction motor
- 1892 - Rudolf Diesel patents the Diesel engine
- 1929 - Felix Wankel patents the Wankel engine
- 1937 - Hans von Ohain builds a gas turbine
- 1960s - alternators replace generators on automobile engines
- 1970s - electronically controlled ignition appears in automobile engines
- 1980s - electronically controlled ignition improved to reduce pollution
- 1980s - electronic fuel injection appears on gasoline automobile engines
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