Article ID: CBB436820871

Newcomen Engines Before Watt: A Quantitative Assessment (2017)

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Kanefsky, John W. (Author)


International Journal for the History of Engineering and Technology
Volume: 87
Issue: 2
Pages: 165-175


Publication Date: 2017
Edition Details: Proceedings of the 1st International Conference Early Engines Conference - Part 1
Language: English

This paper updates the analysis of steam engine building before 1778. It examines the numbers, chronology and distribution of pumping engines built in the UK before the introduction of the Watt engine and rotary motion.

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Authors & Contributors
Greener, James
Wallis, Geoff
Quivik, Fredric
Miller, David Philip
Archer-Parré, Caroline
Thompson, Paul Murray
Concepts
Steam Engines
Industrial revolution
Steam engines; steam turbines
Pumps, Steam
Biographies
Coal
Time Periods
18th century
19th century
17th century
20th century
Places
Great Britain
Elsecar (England)
Bristol (England)
Staffordshire (England)
Birmingham (England)
England
Institutions
Newcomen Society for the Study of the History of Engineering and Technology
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