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1996 Frank A Whittle, inventor of the Jet engine, dies at 89
1988 Felix Wankel, developer of Wankel rotary engine, dies 1985 STS-51-F launch scrubbed at T -3s because of main engine shutdown 1975 1st Space Shuttle main engine test at National Space Tech Labs, Miss 1962 Jesse G Vincent, engineer designed 1st V-12 engine, dies at 82 1954 Chevrolet unveils V-8 engine 1951 1st North Pole flight in single engine plane-CF Blair 1950 William H. Macy, born in Miami, Florida, actor, Homicide, Water Engine 1947 1st 4 engine jet propelled fighter plane tested, Columbus, Oh 1944 1st B-29 bombing raid; 1 plane lost due to engine failure 1935 1st U.S. streamlined electric RR engine begins service 1932 Ford publicly unveils its V-8 engine 1930 Clessie Cummins sets diesel engine speed record of 129.39 kph 1930 1st diesel engine automobile trip (in a Packard sedan) completed 1925 Clement Ader, French engineer (steam engine airplane), dies at 84 1913 1st 4 engine aircraft built and flown (Igor Sikorsky-Russia) 1907 Frank A. Whittle, England inventor, jet engine 1902 Felix Wankel, Germany, inventor, Wankel rotary-piston engine 1897 1st submarine with an internal combustion engine demonstrated 1891 Nicholaus Otto, auto pioneer (internal combustion engine), dies 1883 Wilhelm Siemens, German/British physicist (steam engine), dies 1880 Jesse G Vincent, Arkansas, engineer designed 1st V-12 engine 1877 Ole Evinrude, inventor, outboard marine engine 1872 George B Brayton patents gasoline powered engine 1854 Dugald Clerk, inventor, 2-stroke motorcycle engine 1853 1st practical fire engine (horse-drawn) in U.S. enters service 1850 1st Hawaiian fire engine 1850 Knickerbocker Engine Co Number 5 organized 1850 Empire Engine Company No 1 organized 1841 1st U.S. steam fire engine tested, New York City 1831 1st U.S. steam engine train run (Albany to Schenectady, New York) 1826 Samuel Mory patents internal combustion engine 1813 Henry Bessemer, engineer/inventor, Bessemer engine 1755 Oliver Evans, pioneered high-pressure steam engine 1755 1st steam engine in America installed, to pump water from a mine 1753 1st steam engine arrives in U.S. colonies 1736 James Watt, Scotland, inventor, steam engine 1663 Thomas Newcomen, English co-inventor, steam engine |
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