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Period: to
industrial Revolution
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Steam Engine
Thomas Newcomen
Newcomen makes furst usable steam engine but it is not used because it was ineffiecent and expensive to make. -
Steam Engine
James Watt
Watt creates a better more effiecient version of a steam engine compared to Newcomen's and it sparks a new steam relied period in Europe. -
Coal Gas
William Murdock/James Watt
Murdock, with the help of his boss, Watt, burn coal near William's home to fuel his lights and his machines. -
Steam Locomotive
Robert Trevithick
Robert creates first idea for a steam powered train. Although revolutionary, the plan is abandoed because of lack of money and effieceincy. -
Steam Boat
Robert Fulton
Thanks to the steam engine, the steam boat is created, becoming one of the most popular modes of transportation in Britian. -
Electric Motor
Matthew Faraday
Proposes the first principles of a possible electric powered motor by cdemostrating electro-magnetic rotations to the scientific community. -
Electric Generators
Faraday
Discovering electic currents, lead Faraday to begin building Electric engines and Generators. -
Oil!
Edwin Drake
Drake finds the most plentiful resource, oil, in Pennsylvania. Oil would go on to power mostly any engine or generator just up until modern times. -
Light Bulb
Thomas Edison
Edison invents the light bulb, the gateway to the modern idea of how to bring light to homes, streets and other places. It runs prley on electricity. -
Combustion Engine
Benz
Invents first automobile to run on an internal-combustion engine. This was improved by far steam engines and electric ones. -
Diesel Fuel
Rudolph Diesel
Invents diesel fuel. This would become the prime candidate to run most engines and generators everywhere for a century.