HIST115 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Surface Condenser, Newcomen Atmospheric Engine, Heliograph
21 Jan 2016
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Lecture 10 from experimentation to utility industrual. Revolution: steam engine, factory system, technology on display crystal palace and the great exhibition of, to capture a moment. 50 ad first operational steam engine/jet turbine ( powered by jet) China perhaps also had a steam engine not much evidence. S did not understand basic principles of se- that it would not work) Vacuum pump- no movable parts, cannot transfer power. Had a limit 12 -15m mine shafts 60m would not work total technical failure but sstem succeed manufactured & sold, savery became rich. Created a patent for steam engine (all things: steam, everyone had to pay patent fee for anything steam related. Denis papin: 1681 invented steamboat boat powered by human force. No money for full scale boat did not build the first steamboat: 1690 designs & builds first piston steam engine similar, why did he fail? to heron"s fire engine.
