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Apr 12, 1040
Hero Engine
Hero invented the first ever recorded steam engine, called the aeolipile. This engine resembles a turbine. -
The Heat Engine
Using the discoveries of Otto von Guericke, Denis Papin designed the first heat engine which would use steam to move instruments. The heat engine resembles a piston. -
The Savery Engine
In England, in 1698, Thomas Savery invented the first successful steam-powered pump. The trait that made this pump resemble a pump-jack, was that it lifted water out of mines. -
The Newcomen Engine
Patented in 1712 by Thomas Newcomen, the next heat engine also used steam as the driving force. In the steam engine the boiler would create steam that would move a piston, the piston continuing this process would move a pump up and down. Making this pump similar to pump-jacks. -
The Watt Engine
In 1763, a scotish man named James Watt created the Watt Engine while repairing a Newcomen Engine, which he discovered was very inefficient. The Watt Engine most resembles pump-jacks.
