The Steam Machine.
We´re going to talk you, reader about the
invention that have changed our world: The steam machine.
Its history.
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| James Watt |
We know that the initial patent owned to Thomas Savery in 1698, that was a document in where there wasn´t any practical information. It was a steam water pump called Miner´s friend. Later, in 1712, Thomas Newcomen developed a better design of a steam machine based in Savery´s idea, but the machine we know was developed by James Watt, or that is what we have been told. Now, we are going to tell you all the truly history of the steam machine.
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| Thomas Newcomen |
The first record we have comes from the Egyptian civilization in a scripture of Heron of Alejandria named Spiritalia seu Pneumatic. There, it is described a baby steam machine that will have to be developed through the pass of the time to become the one we know nowadays.
It is also said that in 1543 Blasco de Garay, a Spanish marine officer, tried to boost a ship with a steam machine there is no data of the motor, but on Simancas archive it is described that event.
In 1601 Giovanni Battista della Porta describes a machine to boost water through fire similar to Heron´s one. Some years later, in 1606, Jerónimo de Ayanz y Beaumont registered the first patent of a steam machine that has been used successfully.
But all of this were no more than antecessors. the current one we know was invented by Edward Somerset on 1663. It was developed with the purpose of raising water yo the upper floors of the Rawlan´s Casttle. However, he can´t afford producing and selling his machines, and he died on poverty. This is probably the fact that makes the invention attributed to Thomas Savery which was later improved by James Watt.
Now it is time recognized Somerset invention and never again outshine his name. He was the Truly inventor of the steam machine.
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| Edward somerset |
How does it work.
For you all who don´t know much about it,
the steam machine is an appliance that burns coal to break free the thermal
energy that it contains.
In a boiler a certain amount of water is
seethed incessantly. After being heated by various fuels such as wood, coal or
oil, it boils. When it is boiling, the steam generated is concentrated by
making a high pressure and in that state, it is directed to a closed chamber.
The steam from the boiler enters into the chamber, where there is a cylinder,
which, by expanding the volume of the water, pushes a piston that generates a
movement of translation or rotation.
The basic parts of the steam engine in a
locomotive would be a boiler, slide valve, cylinder, steam reservoir, piston
and a drive wheel.
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ReplyDeleteI think your news is very well written and explains perfectly how does the steam machine works. It seemed to be a boring article, but it isn't because it tells lots of things about its history and I'm sure that most of us didn't know almost anything about it. The links are also very good although some of them were in Spanish. To be honest, I don't like the paper version and it isn't attractive to my view, but I appreciate your work. The images and the video are nice and support perfectly the explanation. Good job!
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Hi group! I think you have explained very well your topic and you have add pretty visual support (what is quite helpful). This article has subserve me to understand better how staem engine works and his history. But I did not like the paper version.
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