Saturday 2nd August 1800
English inventor George Medhurst was issued with a British patent for his ‘Aeolian’ engine which used compressed air to power vehicles. In his pamphlet ‘On the properties, power, & application of the Aeolian engine, with a plan and particulars for carrying it into execution’, Medhurst proposed the establishment of Aeolian coach services, operated by pumping stations along the route.
