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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Over at mises.org, Michele Boldrin and David K. Levine challenge the standard story of James Watt and the steam engine. Their conclusion: In most histories, James Watt is a heroic inventor ...

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 ...