This makes avery stable âsaltyâ water molecule.This property of water allows for the transport of nutrients vital to life in animals and plants.A drop of rainwater falling through the air dissolves atmospheric gases. When rain reaches the earth, itaffects the quality of the land, lakes and rivers.
Energy Use and the Internal Combustion Engine. The first gasoline-fueled, four-stroke cycle engine was built in Germany in 1876. In 1886, Carl Benz began the first commercial production of motor vehicles with internal combustion engines. By the 1890s, motor cars reached their modern stage of development.
Gas and Flame Attack-National Archives Photo courtesy of Indiana War Memorial. The stalemate of WW1 left men caught in trenches for months and months. Gas usage had been considered uncivilized, but the French resorted to its usage in August, 1914 in an attempt to rout the Germans. Unfortunately, the Germans were the first to give gas warfare serious development and it became used extensively before the war was over. The first use of gas warfare by the Germans was January 3, 1915 and was dispersed by an artillery shell.