All science and innovation in history has rightfully been met with its fair share of backlash and confusion; but none-the-less the wheels keep rolling regardless of setbacks. Scroll Through the timeline of the history of combustion engine just for a little context of how drawn out and sometimes novel innovation can be.
It wasn't until the early 20th century people believed the combustion engine coudl fully replace the horse. All change in history is met with opposition.
I stole this timeline from the first link I found on google, source at bottom.
Pre-Industrial Revolution
- 1206: Al-Jazari described a double-actingΒ reciprocating piston pumpΒ with aΒ crankshaft-connecting rodΒ mechanism.[1]
- 1232: Rockets are invented in China and was the first example of an internal combustion engine, though with very short duration and it was very inefficient.
- 1509: Leonardo da Vinci described a compressionless engine.
- 1673: Christiaan Huygens described a compressionless engine.
18th Century
- 17th century: English inventor Sir Samuel Morland used gunpowder to driveΒ water pumps, essentially creating the first rudimentary internal combustion piston engine.
- 1780's: Alessandro Volta built a toy electric pistol[2]Β in which an electric spark exploded a mixture ofΒ airΒ andΒ hydrogen, firing a cork from the end of the gun.
- 1791: John Barber receives British patent #1833 forΒ A Method for Rising Inflammable Air for the Purposes of Producing Motion and Facilitating Metallurgical Operations. In it he describes a turbine.
- 1794: Robert Street built a compressionless engine whose principle of operation would dominate for nearly a century.
- 1798 - Tipu Sultan, the of the city-state of Mysore in India, uses the firstΒ ironΒ rockets against the British Army and wins the first war.
19th Century
- 1806: Swiss engineer François Isaac de Rivaz built an internal combustion engine powered by a hydrogen and oxygen mixture.
- 1823:Β Samuel BrownΒ patented the first internal combustion engine to be applied industrially. It was compressionless and based on what Hardenberg cal
I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
Do your worst!
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies π
It really does, I swear!
Because she wanted to see the task manager.
Heard they've been doing some shady business.
Theyβre on standbi
BamBOO!
Pilot on me!!
Nothing, he was gladiator.
Christopher Walken
Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.
This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.
If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.
Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.
What did 0 say to 8 ?
" Nice Belt "
So What did 3 say to 8 ?
" Hey, you two stop making out "
When I got home, they were still there.
I won't be doing that today!
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Where ever you left it π€·ββοΈπ€
This morning, my 4 year old daughter.
Daughter: I'm hungry
Me: nerves building, smile widening
Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.
She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.
Thank you all for listening.
There hasn't been a post all year!
It was about a weak back.
You take away their little brooms
