Timeline of motor and engine technology

• 1698 - Thomas Savery builds a steam-powered water pump for pumping water out of mines
• 1712 - Thomas Newcomen builds a piston-and-cylinder steam-powered water pump for pumping water out of mines
• 1769 - James Watt patents his first improved steam engine
• 1821 - Michael Faraday builds an electricity-powered motor
• 1876 - Nikolaus Otto designs a four-stroke internal combustion engine
• 1888 - Nikola Tesla patents the induction motor
• 1892 - Rudolf Diesel patents the Diesel engine
• 1937 - Hans von Ohain builds a gas turbine