Unlike Roper's design, however, there was no steam involved. Belgian inventor Étienne Lenoir developed the first commercially successful internal combustion engine in 1860. Though rudimentary and ...

Michael Mosley, Cassie Newland and Mark Miodownik describe the scientific achievements of Thomas Newcomen and James Watt. These two geniuses were the first to transfer heat energy into useable ...

Heron, the great inventor of Alexandria, described in detail what is thought to be the first working steam engine. He called it an aeolipile, or "wind ball". His design was a sealed caldron of water ...

the inventor who invented also the steam engine. …It was used by many notable people, such as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin. This technology remained in use for more ...

The invention of the steam engine. videoThe invention of the steam engine A description of the major scientific invention of the steam engine originally by Thomas Newcomen and then adapted by ...