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1975 in the United States by state or territory (54 C) 1975 events in the United States by month (12 C) 1975 disestablishments in the United States (44 C, 15 P)
Timeline of motor and engine technology (c. 30–70 AD) – Hero of Alexandria describes the first documented steam-powered device, the aeolipile. [1] 13th century – Chinese chronicles wrote about a solid-rocket motor used in warfare. 1698 – Thomas Savery builds a steam-powered water pump for pumping water out of mines. [2]
This article outlines the important developments in the history of the development of the air-breathing (duct) jet engine.Although the most common type, the gas turbine powered jet engine, was certainly a 20th-century invention, many of the needed advances in theory and technology leading to this invention were made well before this time.
One might summarize the timeline in the following way: the first 50 years were focused on the internal combustion engine and on refinery operations and, post 1970, emphasis has been placed on safety and automobile emissions. [19] 1900-1910 invention of spray carbeurator allowed use of "straight run gasoline" with vehicles.
There were approximately 200,000 gas stations in the United States by the end of the 1920s — but reportedly only 111,100 gas stations by 2016. A changing marketplace, including from more fuel ...
Fault Lines: A History of the United States Since 1974 (WW Norton, 2019), scholarly history. excerpt; Olson, James S. ed. Historical Dictionary of the 1970s (1999) excerpt; Richards, Marlee. America in the 1970s (Twenty-First Century Books, 2010) online. Sandbrook, Dominic. Mad as Hell: The Crisis of the 1970s and the Rise of the Populist Right ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 17 December 2024. This article is about the year 1975. For other uses, see 1975 (disambiguation). 1975 January February March April May June July August September October November December Calendar year Millennium: 2nd millennium Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1950s 1960s ...