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Invention of Engine

Great Britain · Science / Technology. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1797Date range
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Chronological records

1797

Edmund Cartwright1797

Science / Technology

Invents an engine that uses alcohol as fuel

Names involved

Edmund Cartwright

Provenance

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