The steam engine's story involves ingenuity and collaboration. Hero of Alexandria's early device showed steam's potential. Thomas Savery's engine pumped water from mines. James Watt improved ...

Thomas Newcomen was an English inventor and engineer, who created the atmospheric engine, the first practical steam engine in 1712. He was born in Dartmouth, Devon, and was baptised in February 28 ...

What seemed to finalize the impact of the Watt engine on the Industrial Revolution was his creation of the double-acting engine. Doubling the efficiency, it condensed steam both above and below ...

The Spanish inventor — who is also credited with inventing one of the world's first air conditioning systems — used his steam engine to remove water from silver mines in Guadalcanal, Seville.

In 1763 James Watt was repairing a model of a Newcomen engine. He developed this idea in 1765 to include a separate condenser making the engine more powerful, portable and efficient.

Object Details maker, reproduction U.S. National Museum Description An engine indicator is an instrument for graphically recording the cylinder pressure versus piston displacement through an engine ...