As someone who grew up in the last days of the British Empire, I am often asked how it was that so few people controlled so ...

As someone who grew up in the last days of the British Empire, I am often asked how it was that so few people controlled so much of the world ...

The steam engine stands as one of the most transformative inventions in human history. It didn’t just change industries—it ...

Unique populations evolved in different parts of the world as humans adapted to a wider range of climates. Different regions ...

In 1712, British Engineer, Thomas Newcomen, invented the steam engine which paved the way for the large scale use of coal (fossil fuel) in industries. The black gold (crude oil) was later ...

‘The first engine was installed in Tipton in what was then South Staffordshire and you might ask why there? “Why not the copper and tin mines of Devon and Cornwall? Mike said: “Thomas Newcomen was a ...

with getting rid of water from coal mines being one of the driving forces behind the invention of the steam engine. Thomas Newcomen’s atmospheric engines were put to use pumping out coal mines ...

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 ...

David chose Dartmouth as it was the home town of the constructor of the very first commercial steam engine, Thomas Newcomen in 1712. This engine was used to pump flood water out of a coal mine in ...

Thomas Newcomen, who lived from 1664 to 1729, created the atmospheric engine, the first practical fuel-burning engine in 1712. Now the world’s oldest steam engine still where originally built ...

via Thomas Newcomen's reciprocating atmospheric engine (1712) to James Watt and Matthew Boulton's double-acting rotative steam engine with a separate condenser (1765-90). The first steamer to ...