Around 1710 English ironmonger, Baptist lay preacher, and inventor Thomas Newcomen developed the atmospheric reciprocating engine, which unlike the steam pump (The Miner's Friend) developed by Thomas Savery in 1698, employed a piston in a cylinder, the vacuum pulling the piston down to the bottom of the cylinder when water was injected into it, ...
Rates Of Drunk Driving Arrests. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, about 1.5 million people were arrested in a given year for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. That means that one out of every 121 licensed drivers were arrested for drunk driving.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that in 2012, about one-third of all fatal crashes involved alcohol, and more than 10,000 people lost their lives (Injury Facts 2015). Almost 4,000 drivers were killed in crashes while under the influence of drugs other than alcohol.