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

   …oc}} The Hornsby-Akroyd oil engine was the first successful design of internal combustion engine using "heavy oil" as a fuel. ~i)1794:The earliest mention of an oil engine was by Robert Street, in his English patent no. 1983. ~i)1823: Samuel B…
   …d were first sold commercially on 8 July **1892**. It was the **first internal combustion engine** to use a pressurised fuel injection system. The engine was hugely successful. During the period from 1891 through 1905, a total of 32,417 engines…
   …was superior compression and torque and it was designed to run on arachis, **peanut or vegetable oil** not heavy fossil fuel-oil (Diesel) as a small stationary engine for farmers who would be able to produce their own fuel.…

2. Steam Engine — 2023-10-08 00:19:36

   …unar Society, **patented** the first significant improvements to the Newcomen type vacuum engine that made it much more fuel efficient. Watt's leap was to separate the condensing phase of the vacuum engine into a separate chamber, while keeping…

3. Electric Car — 2023-08-27 16:16:21

   …nd 38 miles it did not need to recharged, instead the batteries were swapped out in around 3 minutes (about the same as fueling a car today), perhaps the manufacturers of //new// electric vehicles and Formula E could learn a lesson here? The …

4. Roundabout — 2021-08-16 09:58:53

   … is a power cut. New research in America has shown that where a roundabout has been installed, savings of up to 40% on fuel can be saved, due to the fact the traffic is flowing more freely. Pennsylvania Transport Department has shown that roun…

5. Industrial Revolution — 2021-08-08 21:48:46

   …ging to Sir Basil Brooke that was used to make iron. Darby thought a furnace could be improved by using a blast furnace fueled by coke rather than charcoal to produce high-grade iron. This was a major step forward in the production of iron as a…

6. Powered Flight — 2021-04-05 22:36:49

   …ne, fired by a spirit lamp, had a cylinder with a diameter of ¾ inch and a stroke of 2 inches. Complete with water and fuel, the engine weighed just under 6¾ lbs and drove two large propellers which rotated in opposite directions to give the…

7. Petroleum — 2020-12-03 01:07:44

   …ssfully sued for patent infringement in the USA. It was more crudely refined and that meant it was cheaper than Young's fuel. It also had a reputation for causing explosions and house fires. The Scottish oil industry continued to fight a fierc…

8. Pencil — 2020-11-30 16:27:31

   … {{Image url="Graphite.jpg" class="left" title="Pure Graphite" width="250" }} Looking like coal they tried using it for fuel, but it did not burn. But it did mark their hands and so they used it for marking their sheep. They called it //plaumb…

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