We mean James Watt, the great improver of the ... thus giving a vibratory motion to the beam and working the pump. It was single acting—not a pure steam engine—crude of construction, and ...

Fifty years before James Watt came on the scene Thomas Newcomen built practical steam engines to pump water out of mines. What is known of these engines and how did they influence later ones?

Scotland's History Enlightenment and Empire James Watt's steam engine The Adobe Flash player and Javascript are required in order to view a video which appears on this page. You may wish to ...

It was actually built for the site to pump water to West London ... was moved to the site in 1839-40. James Watt's inventions meant that the steam engine became much more economical to use and ...

In 1777 he walked from his home in Ayrshire to Birmingham to follow his dream of working with Matthew Boulton and James Watt. They employed him as an erector of steam engines in Cornwall, pumping ...

DOM:'Watt's engines were the first to power big machines in factories, paving the way for the industrial revolution.' DICK:'This is a Newcomen steam engine. They were used to pump water out of ...