New Evidence Supporting Wolverhampton as the Location of the First Working Newcomen Engine
@article{Rana2009NewES, title={New Evidence Supporting Wolverhampton as the Location of the First Working Newcomen Engine}, author={Suhail Rana}, journal={The International Journal for the History of Engineering \& Technology}, year={2009}, volume={79}, pages={162 - 173} }
Abstract It is generally accepted that the first successful steam engine was erected by Thomas Newcomen with his partner John Calley in 1712 on a site near Dudley Castle, West Midlands but contradictory evidence exists that suggests the first successful engine was actually built in Wolverhampton. Long-standing evidence supporting Wolverhampton includes letters in French written by Newcomen engineer John O'Kelly in 1721 to a business associate and by J.T. Desaguliers FRS in his Course of…
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