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Savery patented his inverted steam dryer and partnered up with Necomen.
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Thomas Savery invented and patented the first steam engine. The only probably was that his invention wasnt successful.
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Newcomen and Cully made a successful steam engine together which they called, "Fire Engine".
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Thomas Newcomen put together the prototype for the first modern steam engine. http://inventors.about.com/od/nstartinventors/a/Newcomen.htm
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First exportation of Newcomen's steam engine to America. http://www.saburchill.com/HOS/technology/007.html
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While working for the University of Glasgow, James Watt was assigned the task of repairing Newcomen's engine. Even though Newcomen's engine didnt work, it was the best of the time. http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blsteamengine.htm
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in 1769, James Watt made improvements to the steam engine. Not only did it work, but it was one of the machinery that helped start the industrial revolution. http://americanhistory.about.com/od/industrialrev/p/steamengine.htm
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Boulton and Watt partner up and invent a double acting rotative engine.
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Commuter traffic becomes well known in big cities. Passenger traffic locomotives are introduced by the railways.
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Superheating of steam was invented by Dokter Schmidt and used in British Railway locomotives
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The final steam locomotive is built by British Railways , named the "Evening Star"