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What is a Steam Engine and how has it developed through the ages?
A steam engine is a device that converts the potential energy that exists as pressure in steam, and converts that to mechanical force. Early examples were the steam locomotive trains, and steamships that relied on these steam engines for movement. The Industrial Revolution came about primarily because of the steam engine. The thirty seconds or so required to develop pressure made steam less favoured for automobiles, which are generally powered by internal combustion engines.
The first steam device was invented by Hero of Alexandria, a Greek, before 300BC, but never utilized as anything other than a toy. While designs had been created by various people in the meanwhile, the first practical steam engine was patented by James Watt, a Scottish inventor, in 1769. Steam engines are of various types but most are reciprocal piston or turbine devices.
The strength of the steam engine for modern purposes is in its ability to convert raw heat into mechanical work. Unlike the internal combustion engine, the steam engine is not particular about the source of heat. Also, modern steam engines burn fuel cleanly and efficiently, with relatively little pollution.
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What did rober fulton give the world?
ANSWER The steam engine.
Which was the most important invention spinning jenny or steam engine?
This is an essay question, designed to determine if the student has learned the value of each of these inventions in industrialization. There can be no comparison because each had enormous consequences : the steam engine in advanced societies, and the spinning jenny on a worldwide scale.
What type of combustion engine in the steam engine?
A steam engine is an external combustion engine. As the steam engine combusts outside of the engine itself.
What inventor used a steam engine to give greater power to boats?
James Watt
What was the rotary steam engine?
A rotary steam engine was a fire engine basically
How is steam created in a steam engine?
Steam is created in a steam engine by heating water in a boiler until it turns into steam. The steam then builds up pressure, which is used to power the engine and drive machinery.
Give name of five scientists and their inventions?
Alexander.g.bell-telephone James watt-steam engine
What did James watt's steam engine help with?
This cannot be answered. You will have to give me some choices to choose from.
When was the steam engine improved?
the steam engine was improved in 1769.
A kind of engine that uses water steam?
A steam engine?
What was developed first gas engine or steam engine?
Steam
What are steam engines?
noun: an engine worked by steam, typically one in which a sliding piston in a cylinder is moved by the expansive action of the steam generated in a boiler.A steam engine is an external combustion engine. As the steam engine combusts outside of the engine itself.
