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THE QUESTION HAS MANY POSSIBILITYS hero is said to have used his invention to open temple doors I hope that helps... Hero of questionria

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Who invented the steam powered machine?

The first recorded steam engine was the aeolipile, by the Greek mathematician Hero of Alexandria in the first century AD.


When was the steam engine invented and what year?

A learned writer in ancient Alexandria, named Hero, wrote a manuscript describing various devices and ideas of the time. Although it is not proven that Hero was the inventor of any of these devices, he is given credit for the earliest mention of steam power. Hero described a method to open the doors of a temple with the action of a fire on the altar at the front of the temple.... the first "Steam engine."


Who invented the early steam engine and when?

During the first century AD, Greek mathematician Hero of Alexandria described the first *recorded) steam engine called the aeolipile. Over the next centuries numerous engines powered by steam were created, notably a steam turbine described by Taqi al-Din (1551) and Giovanni Branca (1629). Similarly, Denis Papin inventred the steam digester (1679), first piston steam engine (1690), first practical steam engine was a water pump invented by Thomas Savery (1698). The first steam engine that was commercially successful appeared in 1712 which combine the works and ideas of many that had come before it in an engine developed by Thomas Newcomen. This was the model that helped spur on the Industrial Revolution. James Watt improved upon Newcomen's model from 1763 to 1775 and created the Early Watt pumping engine, which was more efficent and further accelerated the Industrial Revolution.


Who invented the first heat engine?

Hero of Alexandria (around 60 a.d.) aka Heron, Greece


Who was the first to use the steam engine?

Hero of Alexandria invented a simple steam turbine in about 130BC, but it could only spin itself it couldn't drive another mechanism.Thomas Savery invented the first primitive steam engine used to pump water out of coal mines.Thomas Newcomen improved Savery's design so that it used atmospheric pressure and no longer depended on the limited steam pressure of boilers of the time.James Watt improved Newcomen's design by condensing the steam in an external condenser instead of the cylinder, leaving the cylinder always hot reducing thermal cycling stress and dramatically raising efficiency.

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Where was the steam engine first invented?

Since the first recorded rudimentary steam engine being the AEOLIPILE described by Hero of Alexandria from Alexandria Egypt.


What was the first steam engine?

Hero (or Heron) of Alexandria(Greek:Ήρων ο Αλεξανδρεύς) (c. 10


Who invented the steam powered machine?

The first recorded steam engine was the aeolipile, by the Greek mathematician Hero of Alexandria in the first century AD.


When was the steam engine invented and what year?

A learned writer in ancient Alexandria, named Hero, wrote a manuscript describing various devices and ideas of the time. Although it is not proven that Hero was the inventor of any of these devices, he is given credit for the earliest mention of steam power. Hero described a method to open the doors of a temple with the action of a fire on the altar at the front of the temple.... the first "Steam engine."


Who created the first steam powered engine?

Hero, was credited with making the first steam engine, sometime in the first century, though it was mostly a novelty. Thomas Newcomen is generally credited with building the first practical steam pumping engine in 1712.


When was the steam machine invented?

The first steam machine was the simple turbine invented by Hero of Alexandria in 100AD. The first practical steam driven machine was the beam engine invented by the Cornish engineer Newcomen in the 18th century. It was used to pump water out of the tin mines.


Who invented the early steam engine and when?

During the first century AD, Greek mathematician Hero of Alexandria described the first *recorded) steam engine called the aeolipile. Over the next centuries numerous engines powered by steam were created, notably a steam turbine described by Taqi al-Din (1551) and Giovanni Branca (1629). Similarly, Denis Papin inventred the steam digester (1679), first piston steam engine (1690), first practical steam engine was a water pump invented by Thomas Savery (1698). The first steam engine that was commercially successful appeared in 1712 which combine the works and ideas of many that had come before it in an engine developed by Thomas Newcomen. This was the model that helped spur on the Industrial Revolution. James Watt improved upon Newcomen's model from 1763 to 1775 and created the Early Watt pumping engine, which was more efficent and further accelerated the Industrial Revolution.


Who invented the first heat engine?

Hero of Alexandria (around 60 a.d.) aka Heron, Greece


Can you give Essay about steam engine?

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.


When was the steam engine created?

The mathematician and scientist Hero of Alexandria recorded experiments with the steam discharge device called the aeolipile around the first century AD, although Vitruvius may have built a model some 50 years earlier. Blasco De Garay used a steam device to propel a ship in 1543. A type of steam-powered pump was patented by Thomas Savery in 1598, the first practical steam engine.Thomas Newcomen developed a piston engine powered by steam in 1712, but James Watt is credited with its improvement into an efficient device beginning in 1763. Watt's design used a separate chamber for condensing the steam, enabling most of the heat energy of the expanding steam to move its cylinders.


What was the horsepower of the 1st steam engine?

The first steam engine was Hero's turbine, it is unknown what the horsepower output of it was. It was used as an item of curiosity, and did no real work. The first practical (useful) steam engine was the Newcomen pumping engine, used to pump water out of mines, it was an improvement over Savery's pump (which did use steam but not an engine) in that it more efficiently made use of the steam, it is estimated that the work output of this engine would have been about 10 to 30 horsepower. The engine used the vacuum created by condensing the steam to drive it. The Boulton-Watt engine was the first practical engine that used the power of the expansion of steam to drive the piston, in both directions, thus improving the efficiency of the engine. The horsepower of this engine was about 10 to 45 BHP (brake horsepower).


Did a black man invented the steam engine?

No. The first steam engine was that of Hero of Alexandria, a Greek living in Egypt. The first practical steam engine was invented by Thomas Savery, an Englishman.I suspect this is one of the many hundreds of "facts" promulgated by Black History Month that wildly overstate the contributions that black people have made to technological progress (for example, claiming that a black man "invented" something when what he really did was make a small improvement to an existing device). Such claims only serve to dilute the realcontributions by black people.