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HISTORY OF SCIENCE
AND TECHNOLOGY
DEVELOPMENT OF
STEAM PUMPS AND STEAM ENGINES TIMELINE
1696 |
Thomas Savery invented a steam-driven water pump |
1698 |
Thomas Savery patented his inverted steam-driver and formed a partnership with Newcomen. |
1705 |
Newcomen and Cully made a successful steam engine which they called a "fire engine" |
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1700 |
1712 |
Newcomen made the first atmospheric steam engine. He also invented the internal condensing jet. |
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1710 |
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1720 |
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1730 |
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1740 |
1755 |
First exportation of Newcomen's steam engine to America. |
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1750 |
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1765 |
James Watt invented the internal condenser |
1769 |
Watt improved on Newcomen's steam engine by designing a separate condenser unit. |
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1760 |
1775 |
Watt formed a partnership with Matthew Boulton.
James Wilkinson constructed a boring machine which bored cylinders for Watt's engine. |
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1770 |
1781 |
Watt developed the compound steam engine |
1782 |
Watt patented the double acting rotative steam engine. |
1785 |
Cartwright introduced the power loom which was driven by steam. |
1786 |
Boulton applied steam power to machinery used to make coins.
Arkwright used the rotary action steam engine in his new London cotton mill. |
1788 |
Boulton introduced the rotary action steam engine to run the lapping machines in his Birmingham factory |
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1780 |
1790 |
Arkwright's steam-powered factory opens
The Newcomen engine was completely replaced by Watt's engine. |
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1790 |
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1800 |
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1810 |
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1820 |
1839 |
James Nasmyth invented the steam hammer |
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1830 |
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