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Published on Nov 22, 2015
a presentation made for school about the steam engine
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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
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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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Ro Irving
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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
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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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