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Thomas Savery (/ ˈ s eɪ v ər i /; c. 1650 – 15 May 1715) was an English inventor and engineer. He invented the first commercially used steam-powered device, a steam pump [1] which is often referred to as the "Savery engine".
Thomas Savery was an English engineer and inventor who built the first steam engine. (Read James Watt’s 1819 Britannica essay on the steam engine.) A military engineer by profession, Savery was drawn in the 1690s to the difficult problem of pumping water out of coal mines.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
May 17, 2018 · Thomas Savery (c. 1650–1715) was a British military engineer who developed a steam engine to pump water out of coal mines. He also wrote a book to promote his invention and its potential applications in various fields.
Jul 3, 2019 · Thomas Savery is credited with inventing the steam engine, but his design had some problems and others improved on his idea over the years.
- Mary Bellis
Thomas Savery was a military engineer who invented the first steam-powered machine, the Savery pump, in 1698. The pump used steam to create a vacuum and lift water from coal mines, but it was unstable and inefficient.
4 days ago · Learn about Thomas Savery (c. 1650–1715), a military engineer who invented a steam engine for mining in 1698. Find out how his patent was adapted by Thomas Newcomen in 1712.
Jul 2, 2013 · Three hundred and fifteen years ago today Thomas Savery’s patented the steam engine. His patent included no pictures, simply the following description:
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