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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
