One of these engines is known as the Newcomen engine, which was first invented all the way back in 1712 by its namesake, Thomas Newcomen. Although it was not the first steam-powered machine in ...

Pioneers like Thomas Newcomen and James Watt created ever-improving ... Railroads began crisscrossing the countryside, steam engine trains pulling loads of people and goods. Ultimately, people ...

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 ...

Mark Miodownik shows a working model of a steam engine originally made the blacksmith Thomas Newcomen in 1712. These early steam engines produced a vacuum to generate power and were commonly used ...