What came first - petrol or the petrol engine ?

Subject: What came first - petrol or the petrol engine ?

Date: Wed Oct 13 10:38:27 1999
Posted by Palash Jyoti Mazumdar
Grade level: grad (science) School: Guwahati Medical College
City: Guwahati State/Province: Assam Country: India
Area of science: Science History
ID: 939825507.Sh

Message:


It seems like a chicken and egg question, because both are useless without 
the other, and the processes of manufacturing both seem too complicated to 
be attempted without the other being invented first, but obviously there 
must be an answer.

Re: What came first - petrol or the petrol engine ?

Current Queue | Current Queue for Science History | Science History archives

Try the links in the MadSci Library for more information on Science History.