Once again the Baltimore & Ohio is recognized in this area. The railroad worked with inventor Willis Carrier (who went on to found the Carrier Corporation, one of the most successful company's in the field that remains in business today) during the summer of 1929 to install air-conditioning ...
Although Felix Wankel’s name is still closely linked with the rotary engine, it was not a new idea even when Wankel first started working on it in the 1920s. Plans and patents for rotary steam engines had been developed as far back as 1769, although it’s unclear if they were ever bu...