Author: Lionel Thomas Caswell RoltPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Steam-engines
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Thomas Newcomen : the prehistory of the steam engine
Author: Lionel Thomas Caswell RoltPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Steam-engines
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Thomas Newcomen
Author: Lionel Thomas Caswall RoltPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Thomas Newcomen; the Prehistory of the Steam Engine
Author: L. T. C. RoltPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Steam-engines
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Thomas Newcomen
Author: History of the Steam Engine
Author: Elijah GallowayPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Steam-engines
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
The Steam Engine of Thomas Newcomen
Author: L. T. C. RoltPublisher: Moorland Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Innovation and Technological Diffusion
Author: Harry KitsikopoulosPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317364872
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
This book deals with two key aspects of the history of steam engines, a cornerstone of the Industrial Revolution, specifically the road that led to its discovery and the process of diffusion of the early steam engines. The first part of the volume outlines the technological and scientific developments which took place between the 16th and 18th centuries, proving critical for the invention of this strategic technology. The most important question addressed is why did England come up with this innovation first as opposed to other countries (e.g., France, Italy), which were more advanced in terms of knowledge pertinent to it. The second part of the volume traces the process of diffusion of the early steam engines, the Newcomen model, through to 1773, the year prior to the first commercial application of the second generation of steam engines (the Watt model). The process of diffusion is quantified on the basis of a novel method before proceeding with a discussion of the main determinants of this process. Kitsikopoulos pulls together a large amount of relevant evidence found in primary sources and more technically oriented literature which is often ignored by economic historians. This book will be of interest to economic historians and historians of technology.
The Steam Engine
Author: Deborah H. DeFordPublisher: Gareth Stevens
ISBN: 9780836858037
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Traces the history of steam power from its lowly beginnings to its great influence on the Industrial Revolution and beyond. Includes timeline. 10+
A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine
Author: Robert H ThurstonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Book Excerpt: ... 1698, 31; Desaguliers's Savery Engines, A. D. 1718, 41; Denys Papin and his Work, A. D. 1675, 45; Papin's Engines, A. D. 1685-1695, 50; Papin's Steam-Boilers, 51.CHAPTER II.THE STEAM-ENGINE AS A TRAIN OF MECHANISM.THE MODERN TYPE AS DEVELOPED BY NEWCOMEN, BEIGHTON, AND SMEATON 55Defects of the Savery Engine, 55; Thomas Newcomen, A. D. 1705, 57; the Newcomen Steam Pumping-Engine, 59; Advantages of Newcomen's Engine, 60; Potter's and Beighton's Improvements, A. D. 1713-'18, 61; Smeaton's Newcomen Engines, A. D. 1775, 64; Operation of the Newcomen Engine, 65; Power and Economy of the Engine, 69; Introduction of the Newcomen Engine, 70.CHAPTER III.THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MODERN STEAM-ENGINE. JAMES WATT AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES.SECTION I.--JAMES WATT AND HIS INVENTIONS 79...
A Brief History of the Age of Steam
Author: Thomas CrumpPublisher: Constable
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
In 1710 an obscure Devon ironmonger Thomas Newcomen invented a machine with a pump driven by coal, used to extract water from mines. Over the next two hundred years the steam engine would be at the heart of the industrial revolution that changed the fortunes of nations. Passionately written and insightful, "A Brief History of the Age of Steam" reveals not just the lives of the great inventors such as Watts, Stephenson and Brunel but also tells a narrative that reaches from the US to the expansion of China, India, and South America and shows how the steam engine changed the world.