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The Steam Engine

Published on Nov 22, 2015

a presentation made for school about the steam engine

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

The Steam Engine

By: Mary Pierson
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Inventors

  • The two people credited for the invention of the steam engine are: 
  • Thomas Savery
  • Edward Somerset, 2nd marquess of Worcester

People Who Helped Improve the Steam Engine:
James Watt, Jacob Besson, Agostino Ramellian, Leonardo Da Vinci, Florence Rivault, Salomon de Caus, Giovanni Branca, David Raseye, Thomas Grant, and Edward Ford

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Significance of the Steam Engine

  • Factories could be powered without being located along rivers
  • People could settle in new, distant areas
  • Allowed water to be removed from mines easier
  • Allowed new methods of transportation like trains and steam paddle boats
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Background information

  • Before horses used to be used, which could cost lots of money
  • The first basic steam engine worked as a pump for moving water
  • Thomas Savery patented the steam engine in 1698
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Helping in the development of the U.S.A.

  • The steam engine helped speed up settlement
  • helped quicken modernization of the world
  • The steam engine ran itself, replacing workers
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How the Steam Engine Still Impacts Us Today:
Steam Engines can still be found in Nuclear power plants and to generate energy in general

Interesting Facts

  • Watts (electricity) is named after James Watt
  • The term 'horsepower' was first used by James Watt
  • The Titanic was steam-powered
  • A steam engine exploded at the Medina county fair in 2001
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