![]() 990,402,866 visitors served. |
|
![]() Dictionary/ thesaurus | ![]() Medical dictionary | ![]() Legal dictionary | ![]() Financial dictionary | ![]() Acronyms | ![]() Idioms | ![]() Encyclopedia | ![]() Wikipedia encyclopedia | ? |
Newcomen, Thomas |
Also found in: Wikipedia | 0.04 sec. |
|
Newcomen, Thomas (ny `kəmən, ny kŭm`ən), 1663–1729, English inventor of an early atmospheric steam engine (c.1711). It was an improvement over an earlier engine patented (1698) by Thomas Savery, who shared the later patent with Newcomen. This improved engine was used successfully to pump water.
BibliographySee study by L. Rolt (1965). Newcomen, Thomas(born Feb. 28, 1663, Dartmouth, Devon, Eng.—died Aug. 5, 1729, London) British engineer. In 1712 he built his atmospheric steam engine, a precursor of James Watt's engine. In the Newcomen engine, atmospheric pressure pushed the piston down after the condensation of steam had created a vacuum in the cylinder. Newcomen engines were used for some years in the draining of mines and in raising water to power waterwheels. |
|
? Mentioned in | ? References in periodicals archive | |
|---|---|---|
But when villager John Newcomen is discovered dead in the woods, young John is sure the culprit isn't John Billington, the man his father believes is the murderer. Here are the big machines that provided the power, dominated by a Newcomen atmospheric steam engine, over two stories high set in the central nave which is lit by clerestories under the curved roof that is now revealed as a device for reflecting luminance downwards. This passage comes from a speech delivered to the Newcomen Society in 1963 by Francis Hutchins--Berea College's sixth president; son of Berea's fifth president, William J. |
| Free Tools: |
For surfers:
Browser extension |
Word of the Day |
Help
For webmasters: Free content NEW! | Linking | Lookup box | Double-click lookup | Partner with us |
|
|---|