Newcomen
[noo-kuhm-uh n, nyoo-]
- Thomas,1663–1729, English inventor.
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The Newcomen engines could no longer drain the deepened mines.
James WattAndrew Carnegie
Such, in a few words, was the construction and action of Newcomen's first engine.
Stories of InventionEdward E. Hale
It was not long until he read a description of a Newcomen engine.
The Story of Great InventionsElmer Ellsworth Burns
Mr. Newcomen ordered a whip to despatch him and end the tragedy.
The BadgerAlfred E. Pease
His steam engines represented a great step beyond the Newcomen engines, though still using low-pressure steam.
Automobile BiographiesLyman Horace Weeks
Newcomen
- Thomas. 1663–1729, English engineer who invented a steam engine, which James Watt later modified and developed
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Newcomen
[nōō′kə-mən]
- English inventor who developed an early steam engine (1711) that was was widely used to pump water in coal mines.
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