Newcomen atmospheric engine

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Newcomen Atmospheric Engine built 1809/1810

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Thomas Newcomen, British engineer and inventor of the atmospheric steam engine, a precursor of James Watt’s engine. In his engine the intensity of pressure was not limited by the steam pressure. Instead, atmospheric pressure pushed the piston down after the condensation of steam had created a vacuum in the cylinder.

Cross section of the engine house of the Newcomen Pump Engine. At the time it was the second pit in the country to adopt this pumping system. Nearby Stone Pit , in Ginns, Whitehaven, became the third to do so. Saltom pit was sunk directly on the shore to 460 ft and worked 2 miles out under the sea

Thomas Newcomen's 1712 atmospheric engine. The first fully practical, commercially successful steam engine and genesis for the industrial revolution.

Thomas Newcomen (1664-1729), English engineer, with a diagram of his atmospheric engine of 1712. Newcomen was an ironmonger from Dartmouth, and also a Baptist lay preacher.

Illustration of the Engine

The role of First Industrial Revolution in the history of the United States of America.

Animated illustration and description of the Newcomen atmospheric engine.

1867 .5 HP Otto-Langen atmospheric engine

Potter improving Newcomen engine. Illustration of the claim that in 1713 a boy named Humphrey Potter invented the self-acting mechanism for the Newcomen engine.

Illustration of the Engine

The engine

Newcomen Engine at Elsecar

Newcomen Engine at Elsecar

The engine

Newcomen Engine at Elsecar