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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
1821 - Michael Faraday builds an electricity-powered motor
1876 - Nikolaus Otto designs a four-stroke internal combustion engine
1892 - Rudolf Diesel patents the Diesel engine
1888 - Nikola Tesla patents the induction motor

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