Steam Engines

By karterduke

  • Hero

    -first machine to use hidden source of energy
    -useless device

  • Denis Papin

    -designed the first heat engine

  • Thomas Savery

    -invented first successful steam-powered pump

  • Thomas Newcomen

    -invented heat engine also used steam as driving force
    -used a piston

  • James Watt

    -asked to repair Newcomen's engine
    -designed new, more efficient engine
    -three times more efficient than Newcomen's

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