mar 13, 1705 - Thomas Newcomen invented the first modern steam engine that ran on the atmospheric principle. It worked with a pistol in a cylinder connected to an arm that was connected to a pump. This pushed the piston up. Similar to Savery’s model, water was sprayed in the cylinder, making steam condense, creating a vacuum. This pushed the piston down, lifting the pump rod on the other side of the arm up, thus lifting the water. Newcomen's model was meant to satisfy the need to pump floodwater out of mines.
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