Engineering inventions and industrial chemistry
FIRST STEAM MACHINE
Creator
Thomas Savery
Date
1698
Functioning
The first practical steam engine with an external condensing chamber.
First self-propelled car.
Creator
Joseph Cugnot
Date
1771
Functioning
a three-wheeler reserved for military use
Discovery of vaccines
Creator
Edward Jenner
Date
1796
Functioning
When a vaccine is given to a person, the body produces substances that accumulate as defenses against this disease.
First potable water supply system to a complete city
Creator
John Gibb
Date
1804
Functioning
How many days
Natural rubber processing method
Creator
Charles Goodyear
Date
1839
Functioning
Vulcanization is a process in which raw rubber is heated in the presence of sulfur, making it harder and resistant to cold.
Discovery of fertilizers
Creator
Justus von Liebig
Date
1840
Functioning
A fertilizer or compost is any type of organic or inorganic substance that contains nutrients in forms assimilable by plants, to maintain or increase the content of these elements in the soil, improve the quality of the substrate at a nutritional level, stimulate the vegetative growth of plants. plants
The first internal combustion engine to use liquid gasoline as fuel.
Creator
George Brayton
Date
1872
Functioning
Four-stroke engine with compressed load.
Discovery of antibiotics
Creator
Alexander Fleming
Date
1904
Functioning
Antibiotics are drugs that fight bacterial infections in people and animals.
Discovery of plastic
Creator
Leo Baekeland
Date
1904
Functioning
Plastics in houses and homes provide electrical insulation providing safety, and thermal insulation reducing energy consumption, in addition to making everyday tasks easy for you.
Production of the Ford Model T begins.
Creator
Henry Ford
Date
Functioning
starting from an assembly line inspired, according to legend, in the chains that Henry Ford had seen in the slaughterhouse of his city.