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The start of the steam engine
The very first steam engine was created in 1769. It had three wheals and went 2 ½ mph. It had stop every 10-15 minutes to build up steam -
James Watt significantly improves engine
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Watt patented a seperate condenser, which allowed, while the cylinder was hot, for the condenser to be cool. This is the steam engine we stikll use today. -
Steam Powered Loom
Created by Edmund Cartwright, a loom powered by a hybrid steam engine, makes weaving cloth much moer efficient. -
Steam powered road carriage
In 1801, Richard Trevithick built an improved road carriage that was steam powered. It was the first in Great Britain. He found a way to make a high pressure steam engine which eliminated the need for a condenser -
Steam Hammer
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James Nasmyth invented the steam hammer, a large hammer powered by a steam engine used today to shape metal. -
New version of the steam powered carriage
In 1858, Thomas Rickett of Buckingham built another version of steam carriages. Instead of looking like a carriage, it looked like a small vehicle. It had a steam-engine mounted on three wheels -
La Mancelle's version of the steam powered
The “La Mancelle” was built in 1878, it had a front-mounted engine, it had chain drive to rear wheels, drivers seat behind the engine, shaft drive to differential, steering wheel on a vertical shaft and, the boiler was carried behind the passenger compartment. -
The first steam powered device or that uses steam
The first steam device, the aeolipile, was invented by Heron of Alexandria, a Greek, in the 1st century AD, but used only as a toy. It was the very first invention that used steam which lead up to the hybrid stea engine. -
Wallace L. Minto's fluorocarbon varient
In 1970, Wallace L. Minto made a variant of the steam car which uses fluorocarbon as a working fluid -
First Hybrid Steam Engine Car
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This car, made by BMW, is called the Turbosteamer, and it increases fuel effeciency by 10%. it works by capturing heat that would otherwise be lost and usingit to power the engine.