Are the British the most illustrious people in history?
They had the largest and greatest empire the world has ever known, also they created and shaped the modern world we live in today.
Great Britain was the world's first developed and industrialized country in the world.
They
I would say the british are right up there. But there are other people who developed world-changing technology and inventions also. British were/are great, but some of the bad things they did are not so hot either. And they would be the first to admit
BMW has unveiled a new internal combustion engine design that not only produces near zero emissions, but also absorbs and burns ambient air pollutants. The ultra-clean engine debuts in the new mono-fuel Hydrogen 7 saloon and is on display at this week’s World Congress meeting in Detroit.
Built from scratch??? This single cylinder spark plug gas engine has a bore of 1/8" and a stroke of 5/32" and displaces only .0019 cubic inches. It was designed and built from scratch in 1996. Part of a penny can be seen at the bottom of the photo for size reference
Scientists have created (in 2001) the world's smallest internal combustion engine, no larger than a stack of penny's and claim it will replace the battery.
Honda's withdrawal from the hugely expensive world of Formula 1 motor racing is another illustration of the pressures on the world's car-makers, writes Chris Goodall from Carbon Commentary, a member
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who understand machinery and those for whom the workings of the internal combustion engine are a mystery akin to crop circles or the Aztec Sun Calenda...