WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -James Watt (1736-1819) is shown devising a major improvement to Glasgow University’s inefficient Newcomen steam engine, an enhancement which he patented in 1769. Watt’s improved steam engine was more efficient and used pressurised steam to produced upwards and downwards power strokes.

Detailed explanation-2: -The invention of the steam engine by Richard Arkwright in 1786 was instrumental in the development of the English textile industries. The steam engine driven machines helped the English weave faster than ever before.

Detailed explanation-3: -James Watt (1736-1819) The first working steam engine had been patented in 1698 and by the time of Watt’s birth, Newcomen engines were pumping water from mines all over the country. In around 1764, Watt was given a model Newcomen engine to repair.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1712, Thomas Newcomen invented an effective and practical steam engine. The steam engine he designed consisted of a piston and cylinder arrangement coupled to a pump through a rocking beam. Similar to Savery’s design, the Newcomen atmospheric engine used condensing steam in the cylinder to produce a vacuum.