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Development of Vehicles
A lot of small inventions have had a larger impact on the vehicle development than single big inventions; this saying has rather gained importance troughout history.
| 2017 | Ban on refrigerant R 134a |
| 2016 | Mandatory ABS for motorcycles |
| 2014 | Euro 6 for car engines, tyre pressure control for new vehicles (EU) |
| 2012 | Tyre pressure control for new models (EU) |
| 2011 | Daytime running light for new vehicles (D), prohibition refrigerant R134a for new vehicle types, mandatory ESP (USA), 100 million small-block V-8 (GM) |
| 2009 | Euro 5 for passenger car-diesel-engines |
| 2006 | OBD for commercial vehicles, inspection scheduler in database (Mazda), infrared-vision by night in series (Honda, Jap) |
| 2005 | Euro 4 for passenger car Diesel-engines, max. 50 ppm sulphur in fuels (EU), digital tachograph (Nfz + Busse, Ger), electronical tyre pressure control obligatory in the US, series small car with Hybrid drive (Suzuki, Jap), Airbus 380, 3 l/100km/800 Passagiere |
| 2004 | EOBD for Diesel-engines, Euro 2 motorcycles, buckling up in busses required, lane keeping support enters the middle class (Citroen, F), convertible with sun-roof (BMW - Mini), motorcycle with electronic shock absorber control (BMW, Ger), BMW K 1200 |
| 2003 | Vehicle for road and water with 52 km/h top speed (Aquada, GB), vehicle manages more than 3000 km with 1 l fuel on average, Concorde stopped | | 2002 | Flat tire-emergency running (Conti, Ger), camera in series-vehicle (Nissan, Jap), motorcycle with top speed of 299 km/h, fuel cell-vehicle with certification (Honda, Jap), prototype of the 1 L-car (using 1 Liter of fuel on 100 km) (VW, Ger) |
| 2001 | OBD for petrol-passenger cars in Europe, Common Rail with Piezo-injectors, variable mechanical valve lift (BMW, Ger), eletronically operated brake (Bosch, DB), electronical wiper drive, carbon brake disc, radio with MP3, telephone and Internet connection (Becker, Ger), Japanese electronical vehicle with Li-Ionen-accumulator, 440 kW, 311 km/h, 4 axles |
| 2000 | Euro 3 for passenger car Diesel-engines, maximum of 350 ppm sulphur in Diesel-fuel (EU), GPS alo for civilians, Diesel-particulate filter (Peugeot, F), in Germany around one-third Diesel-engines (Ger) |
| 1999 | Bi-xenon-light (Bosch, Ger), vehicle with Mach 1 enabling 1220 km/h jet-propelled, 16 l/sec. (Green, GB) |
| 1998 | Pump injectors for passenger car Diesel-engines (VW, Ger), headlight levelling (Europe), window-airbag (sidebag), broad-band lambda oxygen sensor, Haldex clutch, 175 PS-series-motorcycle with a top-speed of almost 300 km/h (Suzuki, Jap), fusion Daimler + Chrysler, Lamborghini -> VW, Bentley -> VW |
| 1997 | High pressure Diesel injection Common Rail (Bosch, Fiat), petrol-direct injection (Mitsubishi, Jap), OBD II for Diesel-engines (US), standard vehicle with hybrid drive, distinct glas for lamp lenses, out of the center staggered crankshaft (Toyota, Jap), hydrogen-fuel cell-vehicles (DB, Ger) Toyota Prius I, empty weight + 75 kg for imaginary driver (EU), 100-PS-limitation for motorcycles revoked |
| 1996 | Sequential gearbox |
| 1995 | Electron. immobilisation system, side-airbag, belt force limiters |
| 1994 | OBD II for petrol passenger cars (US), navigation system, plastic lenses, complete body from aluminum (Audi, Ger), day-permanent light (GM, US), nickel-metalhydrid-accumulator (GM, US) |
| 1993 | Electronical stability program, adjustable camshaft, four valves Diesel-engines, exhaust emission inspections also for Diesel-engines in Germany (AU), EU-norms for fuels, immobilisation system against theft |
| 1992 | Catalyst required (Ger), Diesel with direct injection and variable guide blades (VW, Ger) |
| 1991 | OBD (US), Xenon light, complete body from aluminum alloy (Honda, Jap), anti-lock braking system required for busses in Germany, vehicles with CAN-Bus (Bosch), variable length of intake manifold (racing engine, Mazda) |
| 1990 | Self-diagnostics, emergency running program, passenger car Diesel engine in series with catalytic converter (VW, Ger), development of fuel-cells for vehicles (DB), electro-vehicles (GM,US) |
| 1989 | Standard tyre pressure control (Porsche), rain sensor, automatic roll bar, chargers prohibited in formula 1 |
| 1988 | Stepped reflector (Hella, Ger), series-passenger car Diesel-engines with direct injection (Bosch, Fiat) and charger (Audi, Ger), Torsen-differential gear |
| 1987 | Electronical Diesel-control (BMW, Bosch), Mono-Jetronic, electronical pressure force regulator for wipers |
| 1986 | Engine management <-> control automatic transmission, electronic differential lock, electronical accelerator pedal, tow-line safety steering (Audi, Ger) |
| 1985 | Regular exhaust emission inspections for petrol passenger cars in Germany, CAN-bus technology (Controller Area Network) (Bosch, Intel), standard anti-lock braking system (Ford, Ger), electronical Diesel injection control |
| 1984 | Idle-speed governor, Comprex-charger in series (Opel, Ger) |
| 1983 | Fully electronical ignition (Bosch, Ger), triple-axle ellipsoid headlamp, motorcycle with longitudinal four-cylinder engine (BMW, Ger), Mazda-rotary engine with charger |
| 1982 | Anti-knock for petrol-engine (Bosch, Ger), KE-Jetronic , electronical ignition with mechanical high-tension distributer (Bosch, Ger), digital speedometer |
| 1981 | Unleaded fuel, catalytic converter, hot wire-air mass flow sensor, digital engine electronics, cylinder cut-out (GM. US), carbon fibre in formula 1 (McLaren/Lotus, GB) |
| 1980 | Airbag and seat belt tightener (DB, Ger) |
| 1979 | Injection and ignition characteristic diagram -> Motronic (Bosch, Ger) |
| 1978 | Anti-lock braking system (Bosch, Ger), passenger car-charge-Dieselengine (DB, Ger) |
| 1977 | Gas turbines-hybrid-prototype (Toyota, Jap), hot-galvanized steel panel (Porsche, Ger), pneumatical valve spring (Renault, F), 510 km/h for water vehicle (Worby, Aus) |
| 1976 | Lambda oxygen sensor (Bosch, Ger), mech.-hydr. petrol injection, fully covered series motorcycle (BMW,Ger), passenger aircraft reaching double the speed of sound (Concorde, F/GB) |
| 1975 | Rear window wiper |
| 1974 | Transistor coil ignition system and L-Jetronic (Bosch, Ger), radio traffic-information-system, single point injection (GM, US) |
| 1973 | Mech.-hydraul. injection (K-Jetronic), electron. injection (L-Jetronic), plastic fuel tank (VW Passat Variant), 379 km/h (Diesel, Snyder, US) | |
| 1972 | First standard type six cylinder motorcycle (Benelli, I) |
| 1971 | Halogen light H4 (Bosch), patent for Airbag (DB), intermittent wiper, sunk door handles (Citroen, F), Le-Mans-double success (Porsche 917) |
| 1970 | Range Rover (first SUV (Sports Utility Vehicle)), Mini-all-wheel-vehicle (Suzuki, Jap), Le-Mans-triple success (Porsche 917), 1001 km/h (rocket engine, Gabelich, US) |
| 1969 | On the moon Apollo 11 (Armstrong, US), motorcycle-disc brakes in series(Jap), mechanical anti-lock-braking-system, try-outs with Airbags (DB, Ger) |
| 1968 | Head-rest (DB, Ger), first emission restraints (California, US), full beam to follow steering wheel movements (Citroen, F), Jumbo-Jet (Boeing, US) |
| 1967 | Multi-point injection (first Bendix, later Bosch), children's seats (Storchenmühle, Ger), energy absorbing steering column, aluminum-tutular space frame (Porsche, Ger), rotary engine in the Ro80 |
| 1966 | Ventilated disc brake (Porsche 911 S) in series, rear fog lamp, Racing-charged engines (Indianapolis, US), Mini triple winner Rallye Monte Carlo, Honda motorcycles win 5 World championship titels |
| 1965 | Industrial-wind-tunnel (VW, Ger), possibilty of driving without the usage of arms (Franz, Ger), 960 km/h (Breedlove, US), tyre-test stand topping 1360 km/h (Goodyear, US) |
| 1964 | Direct injection for truck-Dieselengines, asymmetrical wheel tread patterns (Pirelli, I), Ford Mustang, double-disc piston engine in the Mazda-prototype, Mini wins Rallye Monte Carlo |
| 1963 | Forged alloy rims (Fuchs, Porsche 911), four-wheel drive (GM, US) |
| 1962 | Dual-circuit brake (GM, US), cambelt for driving the camshaft (Glas, Ger), simulation of crashes + charged-petrol engine (GM, US) |
| 1961 | OHC-engine with cambelt (Glas, Ger), seat belts (Daimler-Benz, Ger), rod from titanium (Porsche, Ger) |
| 1959 | Vehicle with rotary engine (Wankel, Ger), transistor coil ignition system, safe body (DB, Ger), windscreen washer |
| 1958 | Dieselengine with double overhead camshaft (Mercedes Benz), electron. petrol injection (Bendix, US) |
| 1957 | Asymmetrical dipped beam, body from plastic (Lotus, GB) |
| 1956 | Porsche wins Targa Florio |
| 1955 | Carbon fibre with aligned crystal atructures, 61 Mio. vehicles in Northern America |
| 1954 | Rotary engine (Wankel, Ger), mech.-hydraul. petrol-direct injection for the 300 SL, hydropneumatical suspension, spot welding with aluminum sheets (Panhard, F), plastic body parts (GM, US), Porsche/Fuhrmann-engine, 4 cyl.-Boxer with double overhead camshaft, desmodromical valve control (DB, D |
| 1953 | Passenger car-Dieselengine with side combustion chamber (Borgward, Fiat), 12-Volt-System (Delco Remy), brake servo (GM, US) |
| 1952 | Charger-Dieselengine (Saurer, Ch), two-stroke-petrol-direct injection (Gutbrod, Ger), hydraulical power steering (Cadillac,US), Racing-Diesel (Cummins, Indianapolis), 244 km/h (Rover-Gas turbine, GB) |
| 1951 | Patent for crash absorbing zones (Barényi/Mercedes), hydraulical petrol fuel injection pump (Bosch, GutbroGer), obligatory TÜV (technical control association)-general inspection (Ger), Avus re-build, register-charger (Alfa, I), DKW 500 with 290 km/h (Herz, Ger) |
| 1950 | Winter-tyre, gas turbine-vehicle (Rover), formela-1, jet aircraft-tests (US) |
| 1949 | Hardtop convertible (Cadillac, US) |
| 1948 | Torque converter (Buick, US), tyres with steel radials (Michelin, F), tubeless wheel (Goodrich, US) |
| 1946 | Disc brake in series (Chrysler, US), Velosolex (bicycle with auxiliary engine, F), patent on radial-ply tyres (Michelin, F) |
| 1945 | Aluminum-forging in the body (F), 24 Mio. vehicles in Northern-America |
| 1942 | Silicone caoutchouc (for larger temperature ranges) |
| 1941 | Priming by dipping (Opel, Ger), try-outs with mechanical anti-lock systems |
| 1940 | Army-Jeep (Willys, US), gearbox with double clutch (Franke, Ger), motorbike side-car combination with all-wheel drive (BMW, Ger), maximum speed almost 600 km/h |
| 1939 | Gas turbine (Brown-Boveri), five-speed gear standard (Lancia), hydraulically operated automatic transmission (Oldsmobil, US), motorcycle-frame from plastic (DKW, Ger), 156 km/h (Hanomag-Diesel) |
| 1938 | Charged-Diesel-lorry-engine (Saurer, Ch), TÜV-(technical control association) starts examining all vehicles on a regular basis in Germany |
| 1937 | Aero-engine with petrol injection (DB, Ger), steering column-mounted gear (Pontiac, GM) |
| 1936 | Diesel-passenger car with side combustion chamber (DB, Ger), plastic body, Crashtests (DKW, Ger), cooling thermostat, manual direction indicator (GM, US), series car with headlamp retractors (Cord, US), 256 km/h (Diesel, Eyston, US), patent for anti-stall (Bosch, Ger) |
| 1935 | Self-adjusting brake (DB, Ger), self supporting fully steel body (Opel, Ger), rear wheel suspension (Moto Guzzi, I), hydr. dampers in front (BMW, Ger), charger-Dieselloco (Ger) |
| 1934 | Self supporting body in large series (Opel), Maybach (charged-Diesel 650 PS, Ger), rollover tests (GM, US) |
| 1933 | Tests for passive accident prevention and no-draft ventilation (GM, US) |
| 1932 | Bilux lamp standard |
| 1931 | Torsion bar spring (patent Porsche, Ger), streamlined vehicle (patent Everling, Ger), transmission-synchronization (ZF, Ger), fog lamps (Bosch, Ger) |
| 1930 | Fuel filter (Bosch), petrol injection in racing motorbike (Moto Guzzi, I), sixteen-cylinder engine (GM, US), top speed record around 270 km/h |
| 1929 | Economical manufacture of synthetical caoutchouc (Bock, Ger), standard front wheel drive (Cord, US), electrically operated wiper (Baron Rothschild, US), Diesel-engine passenger car (Cummins, US), vehicle with V12-engine (Maybach, Ger), chrome plating (GM, US) |
| 1928 | Transmission-synchronization (Kettering, US), accelerator pump (carburetor), 238 km/h (rocket-propelled, Opel, Ger), patent for mechanical Antilock braking system (Ger), load sensing valve for passenger cars (Ger), DKW (Dampfkraftwagen) (steam powered vehicle) |
| 1927 | Deep-drawn panel (Krupp, Ger), transatlantic flight (Lindbergh, US), opening of the Nürburgring, Diesel-injection pump in series (Bosch), mouldable material, patent for electr. valve operation |
| 1926 | Hydraulical four-wheel brake (ATE), in-line-eight cylinder in series (Horch), front wheel drive with constant-velocity joints (Tracta, F), electrical wiper (Bosch, Ger), patent for streamlined-body (Kamm, Ger), safety-glas with wire inlet (US), Lorraine-Dietrich wins Le Mans |
| 1925 | Bilux-bulb (Bosch, Ger), carburetor with petrol injection (Bendix/Stromberg, US), Lorraine-Dietrich wins Le Mans, front driven racing vehicle (Miller, US) |
| 1924 | Anti-knocking additions for fuel (GM, US), bifilar bulb (Bilux), charger for two-stroke-ship-Dieselengines (BBC), assembly line in Germany (Opel Laubfrosch), motorbike with 90°-in-line engine (Remor, I) |
| 1923 | Lorry with Diesel engine (Benz-MAN, Ger), balloon-wheels with Cord fabric, standard air brake |
| 1922 | Cooling-water control, tyres with steel wire (Dunlop), Diesel-passenger car (Peugeot-Tartais, F), independent wheel suspension, self-supporting body (Lancia) |
| 1921 | Roots blower in series production (Daimler, Ger), audible warning system (Bosch, Ger), Avus (racing track, Berlin), tetraethyl lead against knocking (Kettering, GM) |
| 1919 | Hydraulical brake (Lockheed, US), Diesel engine (Cummins, US), coil (Duesenberg, US) |
| 1916 | V12-engine (Packard, US), pneumatically driven wipers (US) |
| 1915 | Dipped beam (Bosch, Ger), V8-engine (Cadillac, US) |
| 1914 | Starter battery, US-V8 (Cadillac, US) |
| 1913 | Assembly line Ford (T-model), full-steel body (Dodge, US), alternator, voltage regulator and lighting system (Bosch, Ger), charged Diesel-loco |
| 1912 | Fully synthetical tyre (Bayer, Ger), corrosion-free high-grade steel, Diesel-loco (Ger), electrical starter (Europa, Bosch), starter + lighting system in series production (Cadillac, US), Carozzeria Bertone (I), Fiat (300 bhp) 160 km/h |
| 1911 | Founding of a material laboratory (GM, US), manufacturing of hydraulical dampers (US), electrical starter (Kettering, Cadillac, US), top speed 228 km/h (Blitzen-Benz, 21 Liter, 200 PS, Burman, US), 500 miles Indianapolis, race Monte Carlo, Benelli (I) |
| 1910 | Liquid cooling instead of thermosiphon cooling, charged two-stroke-aero-engine (Murray-Willat), coil ignition system with centrifugal advance device, starter (Kettering, US), lead acid battery, four-wheel brake and speedometer in series production (Ford, US), 500 miles (Indianapolis, US), top speed record ca. 200 km/h |
| 1909 | Four-wheel brake (Fraschini, I), 205 km/h (Benz 21,5 l, 200 bhp), Harley-Davidson 45°-V-engine, invention of the side combustion chamber (Dieselengine), six-valve-engine (Peugeot, F), patent for manufacturing synthetical caoutchouc (Hofmann, Ger), type-certification (TÜV) for vehicles in Germany |
| 1908 | Electrical lighting system |
| 1907 | Adjustable steering column (Buick, US), Tourist Trophy (Isle of Man, GB), Peking-Paris (2 months) |
| 1906 | Grand Prix (F), supercharger-racing vehicle (US) |
| 1905 | Turbo charger, charge air cooler (Büchi, Ch), G-charger (Creux, F), removable rim (Continental, D), patent for starter (Bossu, F), battery only for illumination of the interior (Cadillac, US), floating motorbike fork (Bianchi, I), touring car-racing (Landsberg, Ger) |
| 1904 | Transversely mounted in-line engine (Christie, US), black (due to additional soot) air-wheels with profile (Continental, Ger), patent for four-wheel brake, 168 km/h (Barras, B), spring-mounted front wheel motorbike-fork (Peugeot, F), radio detection prevents boat-collisions (Hülsmeier, Ger) |
| 1903 | Manually operated windscreen wiper (Mary Anderson, US), Solitude-Racing track (Stuttgart), journey from coast to coast (Jackson, US), 139 km/h (Wurgis, US), aero-engine (Flyer I, brothers Wright, US) |
| 1902 | High-tension magneto ignition, spark plug (Honold - Bosch, Ger), patent eddy current-speedometer (Schulze, Ger), patent for front-wheel drive (Schwenke, Ger), light rigid axle (De Dion, F), busses, commercial vehicle with front-wheel drive and tilt device, drum brake (Renault, F), disc brake, four-wheel drive (Spyker, NL), speedometer (Schulze, Ger) |
| 1901 | Fire brigade equipped with petrol engine vehicles. |
| 1900 | Vehicles with cone clutch, gear wheel transmission, chain drive, ball bearings, engine from aluminum and magnesium (Mercedes, Ger), bevel steering column with steering wheel (Panhard and Levassor, F), top speed around 100 km/h |
| 1899 | Two-stroke-Diesel engine (MAN, Ger), externally acting brake (Maybach, Ger), friction clutch (Horch, Ger), aluminum-body (Dürrkopp, Ger), band brake with drum, air wheel lasting around 500 km (Continental, Ger), more than 100 km/h (Jenatzy, F) |
| 1898 | Try-outs with petrol injection on stationary engines (Deutz, Ger), high tension magnet (De Dion, F), patent for cylinder cut-out |
| 1897 | Diesel engine operative (MAN, Ger) 20 PS, efficiency 26%, wheel hub-electrical engine (Porsche, Ger), 54 km/h |
| 1896 | Automobile with air-wheels (Leon-Bollee, Michelin, F), air-wheels (Goodrich, US), lorry (Daimler, Maybach, Ger), Boxer-engine (Benz, Ger), vehicle manufactured in GB (Lanchester), end of Red-Flag-Acts, London-Brighton-race, vehicle from Henry Ford (US) |
| 1895 | (Racing-)vehicle with air-wheels (Michelin, F), "tube"-cooling (Maybach), patent for hydraulic brake (Mayer, Ger) |
| 1894 | Motorbike (Hildebrandt, Ger), concept of air-tyres for automobiles (Michelin, F) |
| 1893 | Axle-pivot steering in vehicle (Daimler, Maybach, Ger), nozzle-carburetor (Maybach), patent for engine (Diesel), automobile (Gebr. Duryea, US) |
| 1892 | Patent for Diesel-engine (Rudolf Diesel, Ger) |
| 1891 | Front engine (Peugeot, Panhard/Levassor, F), Paris - Brest - Paris (Peugeot) |
| 1889 | Four-gear wheel transmission (Maybach, Ger), four-wheel motor vehicle (Maybach, Daimler, Ger) |
| 1888 | Air tyre for bicycles (Dunlop, GB), V-engine, combustion engine driving boats/air-ships, (Daimler, Ger), Berta Benz manages 180 km with the threewheeler. |
| 1887 | Break ignition (magneto ignition) from Bosch, four-wheel motor vehicle (Daimler, Ger) |
| 1886 | Patent for Benz-threewheeler, four-stroke engine in boat (Daimler, Maybach, Ger), vehicle with two-cylinder engine (Henry Ford, US) |
| 1885 | Engine driven threewheeler (Benz, Ger), motor bike with four-stroke engine (Daimler, Maybach, Ger), jet-carburetor with closed float chamber (Maybach, Ger), uncontrolled glow tube ignition, charged engine (Benz, Ger) |
| 1884 | Stationary engine with petrol injection (Spiel, Ger) |
| 1883 | Fast running four-stroke-petrol engine with glow tube ignition (Daimler, Maybach, Ger) |
| 1879 | Principle of the synthetical caoutchouc (Bouchardat), stationary two-stroke engine (Benz, Ger), two-stroke engine running on gas (Dugald Clerk, GB), patent on motor car with internal combustion (Baldwin, US), electrical loco (Siemens, Ger) |
| 1876 | Four-stroke-illuminating gas-combustion engine (Otto), ca. 15% efficiency |
| 1875 | Surface-carburetor (Maybach, Ger), ammonia-refrigerating machine (Linde, Ger) |
| 1873 | Steamcar with axle-pivot steering and independent wheel suspension (Bollée, F) |
| 1867 | Engine with 9% efficiency (Otto - Langen, world exhibition Paris), bicycle (Veloziped) with chain drive |
| 1866 | Steam boiler-control association (TÜV, Ger) |
| 1864 | Internal combustion engine without compression (Otto, Ger), standardization of screws, threads and nuts (Sellers, US) |
| 1863 | Vehicle with gas engine (Lenoir, F) |
| 1862 | (Unstable) four-stroke engine (Nikolaus August Otto, Ger), four-stroke principle (Patent - Alphonse Beau de Rochas) |
| 1860 | Two-stroke-illuminating gas aspiration engine, twin piston, high-tension ignition, 1-2 kW, 1-3% efficiency (Étienne Lenoir, F-B), roots-water pump |
| 1859 | Crude oil-drilling (Drake, US) |
| 1856 | Illuminating gas engine with valve-control and water-cooling (Barsanti, Matteucci, I) |
| 1854 | Pedal crank for bicycle |
| 1844 | Patent on air-wheels, tube, valve (Thomson, GB) |
| 1840 | The first passengers to travel across the Atlantic (Cunard, GB) |
| 1839 | Discovery of the vulcanisation (Charles Goodyear, US), prototype of a fuel-cell (Grove, GB) |
| 1835 | Railroad from Nürnbeg to Fürth (Ger) |
| 1833 | "Petrol" from benzol-acid (Mitscherlich, Ger) |
| 1829 | Steam locomotive (Stephensen, GB) |
| 1823 | Rubberized, water- und air proof fabric (Macintosh) |
| 1822 | Bus with steam drive (Griffith, GB) |
| 1816 | Stirlingmotor (GB) |
| 1810 | Axle-pivot steering for carriages (Ackermann, Ger) |
| 1807 | Patent for passenger car (Rivaz, F), steam ship (Fulton, GB) |
| 1801 | Vehicle with steam engine drive (Trevithick, GB) |
| 1799 | Gasengine, electrical ignition (Lebon) |
| 1768 | Steam engine (James Watt, GB) |
| 1765 | Threewheeler with steam engine (Cugnot, F) |
| 1761 | Possibility for determination of degree of longitude on the open sea with very precise clock (John Harrison, GB) |
| 1745 | Natural caoutchouc in Europe |
| 1740 | Bimetal, roller bearing (Harrison, GB) |
| 1733 | Hot-air balloon (brothers Mongolfier, F) |
| 1712 | External steam engine (Thomas Newcomen) |
| 1690 | High pressure-steam engine (Denis Papin, F-GB) |
| 1678 | Theory of an engine with internal combustion (Huygens) |
| 1665 | Discovery of crude oil |
| 100 v.Chr. the simple steam engine (Heron, Gr) |
| Approx. 2300 v.Chr. the spoke wheel |
| Approx. 3500 v.Chr. invention of the wheel (Sumerer) not otherwise present in nature. |
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