Newcomen Engine

Designer:	Thomas Newcomen
Lived:	1663-1729
Built:	1712
Type:	Atmospheric Steam Engine
Location:	Dartmouth

Notes: This engine was built to pump water from the Cornish tin mines. This is the first of a completely different type engine from the steam engine.

Animated Picture of the Newcomen Engine

Relevant Web Sites:

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/6914/newcome.htm

References:

http://www.dcs.exeter.ac.uk/water/newcomen.htm

Princeton University.