THOMAS NEWCOMEN

LIFE

• Born in dartmouth, divon in 1663
• was an iron monger
• worked with tin miners
• created steam engine to pump water out of the mines

life continued

• engine was installed in Dudley castle coal mine in 1712
• the engines were reliable, but inefficient
• had about 5.5 horsepower
• very expensive

THe Steam Engine

How the steam engine worked

• condensed steam made a vacuum
• vacuum pulled water up
• the water then boiled and created steam
• water condensed pulling down on a lever
• lever pulled on other objects

death

legacy of steam engine

• one of the most important inventions of the industrial revolution
• allowed for machine powered production
• made factory life possible

FActs about steam engine

• by his death there were about 100 steam engines across europe
• James watt improved his steam engine, making it more stable

Works cited

• http://www.gutenburg.org
• http://deskarati.com/2012/09/02/thomas-newcomen/
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/newcomen_thomas.shtml