Smeaton Engine
Designer:
John Smeaton
Location:
Long Benton Colliery, Northumberland
Built:
1772
Type:
modified Newcomen Engine
Notes:
Smeaton took a Newcomen Engine and made it more efficient with better sealing and better measures of the parts
Relevant Web Sites:
http://library.thinkquest.org/C006011/english/jsites/steam_thomas_newcomen.php3?v=2
Princeton University
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