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.
1 Benz demonstrated the first gasoline car powered by an internal-combustion engine in Mannheim, Germany, on 3 July 1886 after patenting it on 29 January 1886. 2  The Diesel engine was invented by Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel, a German inventor born in France.