1. Internal Combustion Engine — 2023-10-09 23:51:33

   …with in-cylinder compression patented in England in 1881. ~i)1884: British engineer Edward Butler constructed the first petrol internal combustion engine. Butler invented the spark plug, ignition magneto, coil ignition and spray jet carburetor. {…

2. Petroleum — 2020-12-03 01:07:44

   …tural petroleum somehow originated from the action of heat on the coal seam and from this thought that it might be produced artifici…
   …eir own oil and coal reserves. In 1859, an oil well was drilled in Titusville Pennsylvania and within 2 years, American petroleum was being produced. {{Image url="YoungsParaffin.jpg" class="right" title="Youngs Paraffin" width="" }} Soon America…
   …n petroleum, that they called kerosene, was being imported to Britain even though Young had successfully sued for patent infring…
   …Young bought out his business partners and a year later formed **Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Co.** {{Tag ids="Petrol Paraffin Oil refinery coal"}} …

3. Vacuum cleaner — 2020-10-11 23:24:10

   … finding a potential customer, the salesmen demonstrated their wares by throwing street dirt onto people's carpets. The petrol motor started, and long hoses were strung in through the windows attached to a hollow container where the dirt was coll…

4. Disc Brakes — 2020-08-09 19:54:18

   …scinated by the Benz automobile that he saw at the 1889 Paris Exhibition. This led onto producing the first all British petrol car. Frederick with brothers George and Frank incorporated The Lanchester Engine Company Limited in December 1899. Th…

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