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Someone who doesn't want to burn gasoline. A steam engine has the ability to use anything that will burn. Had the technology been applied to steam engines like it was to gasoline engines, we possibly would have some viable steam engine transportation today. Steam engines were less efficient than gasoline or diesel engines, that is why they are not used much today.
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How would you use innovation in a sentence?
The steam engine was a huge innovation for the United States.
What technology came before the steam engine?
people would use resouces that they had around them
What is the use of a steam engine?
turbine
What would life be like without the steam engine?
we wouldent have steam
What was steam engine use for?
a mining pump
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).
What energy source powered the steam engine?
Other to coal I suppose you mean. Burning of any fuel like oil, wood, etc. Nuclear reactors. I suspect solar energy would make steam. It would be possible to use natural steam from deep in the ground.
What do you do with the living headquarters key on Poptropica?
use it with the steam engine and steam battery to get into living quarters.
Have steam engines been replaced?
The reciprocating steam engine is no longer in widespread commercial use.
What did people use before the diesel engine?
Steam engines.
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 type of engine were in use before the internal combustion engine?
The external combustion engine, like in a steam train.
