Wilhelm Maybach (help·info) (German pronunciation: [ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈmaɪbax]; 9 February 1846 – 29 December 1929) was an early German engine designer and industrialist. Continue reading
Tag: Engine
Motorcycle with an internal combustion engine
The German engineers Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach invented the internal combustion engine for Motorcycles. Continue reading
The Carburetor
The German Engineer/Designer Wilhelm Maybach in 1893, invented the Carburetor. Continue reading
The V-block engine
German engineers Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach, invented the V-block engine, the first engine of this type in 1889. Continue reading
James Watt
James Watt FRS FRSE (30 January 1736 (19 January 1736 OS) – 25 August 1819) was a Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist who improved on Thomas Newcomen's 1712 Newcomen steam engine with his Watt steam engine in 1781, which was fundamental to the changes brought by the Industrial Revolution in both his native Great Britain and the rest of the world. Continue reading
Watt steam engine led directly to the motor vehicle
James Watt, a designer, built the Watt steam engine. Continue reading
Internal-combustion engine now in fire trucks
Waterous Fire Engine Works created and introduced circa 1900, a fire truck that had an internal-combustable engine, that not only drove the truck, but also powered the water pumps.
Date: circa 1900
Location: St. Paul, MN, USA
Manufacturer: Waterous Fire Engine Works
Location: St. Paul, MN, USA
Manufacturer: Waterous Fire Engine Works
Additional Information:
- HISTORY OF FIRETRUCKS (page disappeared on web, recovered via WayBackMachine)
There are many facts about a huge machine that fights fires. It’s called the firetruck,and here’s its story. The first firetruck which was invented in the early 1720’s, had a waterpump, handpumps, and reservoirs. - Weird Fire Facts: From the first built… – City of Manistee Fire …
From the first built firehouse in 1640 to the modern firehouse of today,many things have changed. The early firehouses were really just big tool sheds which held all the bulky equipment. - Fire engine – Wikipedia
A fire engine (also known in some territories as a fire apparatus, fire truck, or fire appliance) is a vehicle designed primarily for firefighting operations. In addition, many fire departments/fire services often employ their vehicles for various other uses including emergency medical services and rescue purposes. - Fire Truck History – autoevolution
The lights, the sirens and the cascade of water, attributes of the modern day fire truck, have a tendency to hide the real role of this type of vehicles, that to save lives. - History of Fire Apparatus – Southern Fire Service & Sales
Sirens blare as a fire truck pulls around the corner. Firefighters quickly hop out of the vehicle and work to attach the truck’s hose to the nearest fire hydrant. This is the image that comes to the mind of just about everyone when it comes to how fires are handled.
The Radiator
Wilhelm Maybach, a designer in 1897, Germany, design a radiator Continue reading
Steam engine still in working order
Smethwick Engine, built in 1779, is a steam engine still in working order. Continue reading
Hero of Alexandria
Hero of Alexandria (Greek: Ἥρων[1] ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς, Heron ho Alexandreus; also known as Heron of Alexandria; c. 10 AD – c. 70 AD) was a Greek mathematician and engineer who was active in his native city of Alexandria, Roman Egypt. Continue reading