steam engine

     

A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working flui.

Trivia about steam engine

  • The term horsepower came about when James Watt compared work done by a horse to work done by this
  • In the 18th century Oliver Evans invented the high-pressure type of this engine
  • Thomas Savery's contribution to British history was patenting the first of these engines in 1698
  • Thomas Savery patented the first practical version of this machine, intending to use it in mines
  • With fire, water is boiled to propel this type of engine
  • Built in 1802, the tugboat Charlotte Dundas was innovative in having this type of engine