The history and future of the steam engine. By yishaya 30,000 BCE Basic stone tools 100 Aeolipile 1206 Crank shaft 1698 Thomas Savery steam engine 1712 Thomas Newcomen steam engine 1760 Industrial revolution 1774 John Wilkinson boring machine 1776 James watt steam engine 1802 Richard Trevithick high pressure steam engine 1804 Richard Trevithick steam powered locomotive 1827 Josef Ressel steam powered boat 1879 Carl Benz gasoline powered automobile 1885 Nicolaus Otto 4 stroke combustion engine 1892 Rudolf Diesel diesel engine 1941 Hans von Ohain opperational jet engine