Timeline of motor and engine technology
- 1698 – Thomas Savery builds a steam-powered water pump for pumping water out of mines
- 1712 – Thomas Newcomen builds a piston-and-cylinder steam-powered water pump for pumping water out of mines
- 1769 – James Watt patents his first improved steam engine
- 1821 – Michael Faraday builds an electricity-powered motor
- 1876 – Nikolaus Otto designs a four-stroke internal combustion engine
- 1888 – Nikola Tesla patents the induction motor
- 1892 – Rudolf Diesel patents the Diesel engine
