Inventor Thomas Newcomen (1663-1729) designed the world's first successful atmospheric steam engine. His invention earned him a place as one of the pioneers of the Industrial Revolution.

Who was Thomas Newcomen? Thomas Newcomen was an English inventor and engineer, who created the atmospheric engine, the first practical steam engine in 1712.

Newcomen's "atmospheric" engine — so named because the level of steam pressure it used neared atmospheric pressure — was the first commercially successful machine that used steam to operate a ...

1664: Thomas Newcomen, creator of the first practical atmospheric steam engine, is born in Devon, England. Newcomen’s exact birth date is a matter of debate. Some sources say “before Feb. 24 ...

Years ago, the world's first steam engines paved the way for the technological advancements that we see today. Let's take a look at how they worked.

Thomas Newcomen, who lived from 1664 to 1729, created the atmospheric engine, the first practical fuel-burning engine in 1712.

A GREAT deal has been written on the steam-engine generally, but the author has not met with any connected record of the invention and construction of the first steam-engine—the atmospheric ...

An atmospheric steam engine built for Caprington Colliery, Ayshire, in 1811 to a design developed by Thomas Newcomen a century earlier. This was less efficient than James Watt's steam engine, but ...

As is fully recognised to-day, it was the invention of the atmospheric steam pumping engine by New-comen that saved many mines from closing down and provided for the first time an engine capable ...

Scottish engineer James Watt improves on Thomas Newcomen's engine design—which uses atmospheric pressure to help drive a piston—by adding a separate cylinder for cold water so the machine won ...

Inventor Thomas Newcomen (1663-1729) designed the world's first successful atmospheric steam engine. His invention earned him a place as one of the pioneers of the Industrial Revolution.