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This dimension groups engines by the year they were introduced. Engine history is often dated with real precision, as when Wikipedia notes that "in 1672, a small-scale steam-powered vehicle was created by Ferdinand Verbiest," decades before the automobile itself existed. Browsing by year places an engine within the wider timeline of transport technology.

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Era of Emergence
1802 CE 1
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1. Wikipedia: Marine steam engine
WikipediaMarine steam engine, Charlotte Dundas
Quote, Marine steam engine, Charlotte Dundas
Scottish engineer William Symington built the world's "first practical steamboat", the Charlotte Dundas, in 1802.
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