Use of power

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  • James Watt improved on the steam engine

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    POWER

    Thomas Savery patented the first crude steam engine in 1698. Thomas Newcomen improved on this design. However, it wasn't until James Watt & Matthew boulton improved on the steam engine in the second half of the 18th century that it became a truly viable piece of machinery that helped start the Industrial Revolution.

  • James Watt & Matthew Boulton created the rotative engine

    (Wheel turning engine)

  • Double acting engine

    The steam drove the piston both & down, this engine produced the powerfuk rotary motion needed to drive machinery

  • By this time there were about 2500 steam engines operating in the country

    They were put up to all used

  • R.Trevithick devised a more powerful highpressure engine

    (After this came the spectaclar railway engine)