In 1769 Watt sought and obtained a patent for a "new method for lessening the consumption of steam and fuel in fire engines". In 1776, he built an engine with a cylinder of 127 cm diameter to pump ...

A team of students have used 3D printing technology to create a model of a steam engine originally designed by James Watt more than 200 years ago. The JetX student society at the University of Glasgow ...

ONE of the most interesting chapters in the history of the steam engine is that relating to the Cornish pumping engine. Early in the eighteenth century, Newcomen engines were installed for pumping at ...

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