2035

Events in 2035 1

• 1680 – 2035 The Combustion Engine Three centuries of controlled explosions The internal combustion engine began as a thought experiment about gunpowder and became the machine that reorganised the planet. From Huygens' unbuilt piston to Otto's four strokes, from Benz's three-wheeler to the assembly line, it made distance cheap and cities sprawl. It also put a century of carbon into the atmosphere. This timeline follows the engine from curiosity to ubiquity to obsolescence.