HISTORY
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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spinning looms inside the mine
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mechanically paddle a steamboat
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pumping water out of the mine
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breaking coal apart from the rocks
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Detailed explanation-1: -The atmospheric engine was invented by Thomas Newcomen in 1712. It was the first machine to be powered by steam and was largely used to pump water out of mines. Hundreds of these engines were made and used all over Britain and Europe in the 1700s.
Detailed explanation-2: -Mine Dewatering AODD pumps are heavily used to pump mine water from trenches and low points and transfer it away from working areas, usually to a central sump.
Detailed explanation-3: -improvement by Watt While repairing a model Newcomen steam engine in 1764, Watt was impressed by its waste of steam. In May 1765, after wrestling with the problem of improving it, he suddenly came upon a solution-the separate condenser, his first and greatest invention.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1712, Thomas Newcomen’s atmospheric engine became the first commercially successful engine using the principle of the piston and cylinder, which was the fundamental type of steam engine used until the early 20th century. The steam engine was used to pump water out of coal mines.