Hosted on MSN3mon
5 Of The Rarest Antique Engines (And What They Were Used For)
Thomas Newcomen. Although it was not the first steam-powered machine in history -- as those go back thousands of years -- the Newcomen engine was the first steam engine to utilize the piston and ...
BBC4y
Newcomen Engine
An atmospheric steam engine built for Caprington Colliery, Ayshire, in 1811 to a design developed by Thomas Newcomen a century earlier. This was less efficient than James Watt's steam engine ...