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What was not improved by the use of steam engines in the 19th century?
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Is the steam engine the same today?
Generally speaking, yes it is the same. It uses the expansion of steam to draw power from the heat energy in the steam. Today's steam engines (turbines) are greatly improved in efficiency over those in use since the 19th century, but they still operate on the same principles.
What was the significance of the steam engine in the 19th century?
The steam engine was very significant in the 19th century. It allowed a new way for people to travel, and was important in the United States' society.Ê
Who invent steam engine in 19th century?
James Watt
What is the need for steam engine in the 18th and 19th century?
Locomotion.
What agricultural advancements were there during the 19th century?
Steam engine
In which age was the steam engine a major development?
In the 19th century
What was fastest car in 19th century?
Most vehicles during the 19th century were steam powered and averaged 5 to 10 mph.
How was life in the early 20th century different from 19th century?
In the early 19th century there was no telegraph service, virtually no mechanized engines for travel, virtually no steam powered ships or locomotives, no electric lights, and no indoor plumbing. Roads were rarely paved--those that were were paved with cobblestones. Medical practice was extremely primitive. Anathesia was largely unknown, and the need for hygiene was unrecognized. Life had improved immeasurably for people in the developing world by the beginning of the 20th century--improvements which continue expanding in both scope and quality to this day.
What the change up of 18th to 19th century in cloth and why?
The steam engine
Inventions in the last half of the 19th century that had the greatest impact involved what?
steam engine and spinning jenny
Which major scientific and political movements from the 19th century had a major impact on the 20th century?
== == The 19th century saw the invention of steam engines and internal combustion motors and their application to transportation in the form of steam ships, locomotives and the first automobiles. By the end of the century gasoline motors were sufficiently powerful that the Wright brothers were able to use one in the firct airplane in 1903. Large, practical electric generators were developed as were electric lights and telephones to put the energy to use. Popular democracy, trade unionism and, unfortunately,Communism, were all developed in the 19th century and had major impacts on the 20th.
Explain the needs that led to the spread of the steam engine in 18th- and 19th- century Europe?
The needs that led to the spread of the steam engine in 18th and 19th century in Europe were the necessity for mass production, and the need to cut down the production costs.
