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Steam Engine Development and Adoption in Britain (1760–1850)

Steam Engine Development and Adoption in Britain (1760–1850)

  1. Newcomen atmospheric engine first erected near Dudley

    Labels: Newcomen engine, Dudley, Mine pumping

  2. Watt’s separate condenser patent enrolled

    Labels: James Watt, Separate condenser, Patent 913

  3. Boulton and Watt form engine partnership

    Labels: Boulton &, Matthew Boulton, James Watt

  4. Parliament extends Watt’s patent protection to 1800

    Labels: Act of, Watt patent, Boulton &

  5. First large Watt engines enter regular service

    Labels: Watt engine, Bloomfield Colliery, Stratford-le-Bow

  6. Pickard receives crank patent for steam engines

    Labels: James Pickard, Crank patent

  7. Watt patents sun-and-planet rotary motion

    Labels: Sun-and-planet gear, James Watt

  8. Watt patents double-acting and expansive improvements

    Labels: Double-acting engine, Patent 1321, Expansive working

  10. Trevithick demonstrates high-pressure “Puffing Devil”

    Labels: Richard Trevithick, Puffing Devil, High-pressure steam

  11. Woolf patents compound steam engine

    Labels: Arthur Woolf, Compound engine

  12. Lean’s Engine Reporter begins publishing Cornish performance data

    Labels: Lean s, Cornish engines

  13. Stockton and Darlington Railway opens with steam traction

    Labels: Stockton &, Steam traction, Public railway

  14. Rainhill Trials validate locomotive power for inter-city rail

    Labels: Rainhill Trials, Stephenson s

  15. Liverpool and Manchester Railway opens as steam-worked inter-city line

    Labels: Liverpool &, Inter-city rail