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Since the early 18th century. The first practical steam engine was invented by Thomas Newcomen in 1712. It worked by condensing steam to create a vacuum and draw the piston down. In 1776 James Watt and Matthew Boulton created the first double acting steam engine which used the expansive power of steam to push the piston in both directions.

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What is the steam engine's application today?

Most steam engines except those used on tourist railroads have been replaced with the more efficient steam turbine engines.


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Aircraft designers didn't use steam engines in 1903, either.


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The first steam engines used for pumping water out of mines.


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