Timeline of motor and engine technology
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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
- 1837 - First American patent for an electric motor (U.S. Patent 132 (http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=132.WKU.&OS=PN/132&RS=PN/132))
- 1877 - Nikolaus Otto patents a four-stroke internal combustion engine (U.S. Patent 194047 (http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=194047.WKU.&OS=PN/194047&RS=PN/194047))
- 1888 - Nikola Tesla patents the induction motor (U.S. Patent 381968 (http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=381968.WKU.&OS=PN/381968&RS=PN/381968))
- 1892 - Rudolf Diesel patents the Diesel engine (U.S. Patent 608845 (http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=608845.WKU.&OS=PN/608845&RS=PN/608845))
- 1929 - Felix Wankel patents the Wankel engine (U.S. Patent 2988008 (http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=2988008.WKU.&OS=PN/2988008&RS=PN/2988008))
- 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
