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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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