HISTORY
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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Marie Curie
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Louis Pasteur
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James What
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Thomas Edison
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Detailed explanation-1: -James Watt (1736-1819) Famous for: Inventing the Watt steam engine, which converted steam back to water. Developing a rotary engine which mechanised weaving, spinning and transport.
Detailed explanation-2: -Thomas Savery is considered the inventor of the first commercially used steam powered device, a steam pump that used steam pressure operating directly on the water. The first commercially successful engine that could transmit continuous power to a machine was developed in 1712 by Thomas Newcomen.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1765 Watt conceived of a separate condenser-a device to reduce the amount of waste produced by the Newcomen steam engine. Watt patented the device in 1769. In 1776 Watt and his business partner, Matthew Boulton, installed two steam engines with separate condensers.