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Thomas Savery patened the first steam engine. This device was invented to rid of unwanted water in the way of mining.
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Rudolf Diesel invented the first internal combustion engine. However the first successful model was invented in 1897.This proved that fuel could be ignited without a spark.
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Lester Allan Pelton recieves patent for his invention of the first hydroelectric wheel. Pelton's wheel was over 90 percent proficient.
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Jacques D'Arsonval invented the idea of using the difference of the ocean's temperature for energy. There three different ways OTEC works: hybrid, open cycle, and closed cycle.
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Rudolf Diesel ran his compression ignition engine on peanut biodiesel. This became the first time any engine was powered by peanuts./http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/chapter14.html
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Henery Ford invents the Model T which is capable of running on Ethanol alone.
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Charles E. while flying in Yeager's Bell X-1-1 flew faster then the speed of sound with a ethanol, liquid oxygen, and nitogen powered engine.
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Willam demonstrates the world's first solar powered automobile. It was refered to by him as the "Sunmobile"
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This day marks the first Earth Day started by Gaylord Nelson. Nelson started becomming concerned about the Environment not being in politics and decided to change it.
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Nitrogen powered NuSTAR will allow scientists to answer questions that low X-ray teloscopes can not answer: How are black holes distributed through out the cosmos? How are heavy elements involed with the explosion of massive stars? And others.
