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Sectional view of a Newcomen steam engine, 1737.
Sectional view of a Newcomen steam engine, 1737. Thomas Newcomen (1663-1729) designed his atmospheric or 'steam' engine in 1712. Water was heated in the boiler and the resulting steam was let into the cylinder, pushing up the piston. The steam was then condensed, bringing down the piston. The piston rocked a beam which worked the pump. It was safer and more effective than the earlier Savery engine and was widely used to drain water out of mines. From Architecture Hydraulique by Bernard Forest de Belidor. (Paris, 1737).
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18th century
Ann Ronan Pictures
B&W
B/W
beam engine
Belidor
Bernard Belidor
Bernard Forest
Bernard Forest de
Bernard Forest de Belidor
Black & White
Black and white
BOILER
Britain
British
concept
country
cross-section
DIAGRAM
eighteenth century
Engineering
England
English
Engraving
event
France
French
Industrial Revolution
Industry
Invention
LOCATION
Mine (Mining)
Monochrome
NEWCOMEN
power
Print Collector1
pumping engine
Science
Steam
STEAM ENGINE
STEAM POWER
Technology
THOMAS
THOMAS NEWCOMEN