History of the steam engine
Heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid
History of the steam engine
The first recorded rudimentary steam engine was the aeolipile, mentioned by Vitruvius between 30 and 15 BCE and described by Heron of Alexandria in 1st-century Roman Egypt. Several steam-powered devices were later experimented with or proposed, such as Taqi al-Din's steam jack, a steam turbine in 16th-century Ottoman Egypt, Denis Papin's working model of the steam digester in 1679 and Thomas Savery's steam pump in 1698. In 1712, Thomas Newcomen's atmospheric engine became the first commercially successful engine using the principle of the reciprocating piston and cylinder, which was the fundamental type of steam engine used until the early 20th century. The steam engine was used to pump water out of coal mines. Major improvements made by James Watt (1736–1819) greatly increased its efficiency, and in 1781 he adapted a steam engine to drive factory machinery, thus providing a reliable source of industrial power. During the Industrial Revolution, steam engines started to replace water and...
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