the steam engine

Development

Atmospheric engine

Thomas Newcomen (1712)

• Steam vacuum, low pressure
• Only reciprocating movement
• Low power

Atmospheric engine

Improved by James Watt (1775)

• aka "Beam engine"
• Adapted for more uses
• Greatly improved design

High-pressure engine

Multiple People (1812)

• Boiler Tech had advanced
• Far compacter
• Mobile steam engines

Steam turbine

Charles Parsons(1889)

• High speed and efficiency
• Can directly run generators
• Used in power stations and ships

Impact

• Wildly accelerated Industrialisation
• Made electrification possible
• Connected the world (transportation)
• Laid the foundations for into newer engines