Sujet
Newcomen's steam engine for draining mines, 1956. Artist: Unknown
Légende
Newcomen's steam engine for draining mines, 1956. Thomas Newcomen (1663-1729) designed his atmospheric or 'steam' engine in 1712. Water was heated in the boiler and the resulting steam was let into the cylinder, pushing up the piston. The steam was then condensed, bringing down the piston. The piston rocked the beam which worked the pump. It was safer and more effective than the earlier Savery engine and was widely used to drain water out of mines. A print from Things, a volume about the origin and early history of many things, common and less common, essential and inessential, by Readers Union, the Grosvenor Press, London, 1956.
The Print Collector collection
Date
1956
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Notre référence
HRM19C53_041
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
50,0Mo (4,0Mo) / 32,0cm x 39,1cm / 3778 x 4623 (300dpi)