Robert Street
of London
1794 Patent for an inflammable vapour engine. (English Patent 1,983 of 7th May 1794). The engine would run on vapourised turpentine (Street was a varnish maker). The principle involved a heavy piston being thrown upwards to raise a pump plunger via a lever[1]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ 'Internal Fire; the Internal Combustion Engine, 1673-1900' by Lyle Cummins, Carnot Press, 2000