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?

and we're very proud to be associated with the improvements he made to the Newcomen steam engine," said the head of the James Watt School of Engineering, Professor David Cumming. "The world has ...

PUMPING STATION WORKER:What we're looking at here, is James Watt's separate condenser - his most important invention. PUMPING STATION WORKER:The original engine by Thomas Newcomen you had to heat ...

Michael Mosley, Cassie Newland and Mark Miodownik describe the scientific achievements of Thomas Newcomen and James Watt. These two geniuses were the first to transfer heat energy into useable ...