combustion

Nikolaus Otto and Rudolf Diesel invent the internal combustion engine.

American “Founding Father” and inventor Benjamin Franklin creates an advanced heating system.

Approximately 12,000 people die as a result of the worst air pollution event in the history of the United Kingdom.

The French engineer Eugene Houdry patents the catalytic converter.

Robert Anderson, a Scottish inventor, develops a prototype vehicle that runs on rechargeable batteries, a major step towards the development of the electric car.