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John Loudon McAdam
Tuesday 21st September 1756 Born on this day, John Loudon McAdam, who gave his name not only to the road surface that he invented in the nineteenth century, but also indirectly, to Edgar Purnell Hooley’s 20th- century invention tar macadam, which has been known since 1903 as Tarmac.
Francois Isaac de Rivaz
Tuesday 19th December 1752 Born on this day, Francois Isaac de Rivaz, a French internal combustion engine pioneer. He invented an internal combustion engine with electric ignition and described it in a French patent published in 1807. A mixture of hydrogen and oxygen was manually ignited by electric spark powered it, but the engine neither […]
Driving on the right was introduced in Russia by the decree of Empress Elisaveta Petrovna
Saturday 5th February 1752 Driving on the right was introduced in Russia by the decree of Empress Elisaveta Petrovna.
Internal combustion engine pioneer Christiaan Huygens died in the Hague, the Netherlands, at the age of 66
Friday 8th July 1695 Internal combustion engine pioneer Christiaan Huygens died in the Hague, the Netherlands, at the age of 66. Working as an astronomer, physicist, mathematician and inventor, Huygens made a number of important contributions to science. Huygens not only proposed the earliest theory about the nature of light, he also put optics to […]
René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, North American explorer and namesake of the 1927-40 General Motors automobile, was murdered in present-day Texas, US
Wednesday 19th March 1687 René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, North American explorer and namesake of the 1927-40 General Motors automobile, was murdered in present-day Texas, US.
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