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Jerónimo de Ayana y Beaumont receive a patent for a steam powered device for pumping water out of mines
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On 2 July 1698 Savery patented an early steam engine, "A new invention for raising of water and occasioning motion to all sorts of mill work by the impellent force of fire, which will be of great use and advantage for draining mines, serving towns with water, and for the working of all sorts of mills where they have not the benefit of water nor constant winds."
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In 1712, Thomas Newcomen's atmospheric engine became the first commercially successful engine using the principle of the piston and cylinder, which was the fundamental type of steam engine used until the early 20th century.
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The most important improvement in steam engine design was brought about by the Scottish engineer James Watt (1736–1819). ... He introduced the centrifugal governor, a device that could control steam output and engine speed.
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The earliest steam-powered car we know about was finished as early as 1769 by French inventor Nicolas Cugnot. It was a large three-wheeled vehicle that moved at the speed of a walk and was meant to haul cannon.
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In 1802, Richard Trevithick patented a high pressure engine and created the first steam-powered locomotive engine on rails.
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SS Savannah was an American hybrid sailing ship/sidewheel steamer built in 1818. She is notable for being the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean, transiting mainly under sail power from May to June 1819.
