The steam engine was first patented in 1698 by Thomas Savery, a British military engineer from Devon, England. Continue reading
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Wilhelm Maybach
Wilhelm Maybach (help·info) (German pronunciation: [ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈmaɪbax]; 9 February 1846 – 29 December 1929) was an early German engine designer and industrialist. 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
First stone bridge
Pons Aemilius, built across the Tiber Riber in Rome, Italy, in 179 BCE, is considered the first stone bridge Continue reading
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