How Did the Invention of the Steam Engine Change the Way people Worked?
The article I will be referring to is “How Did the Invention of the Steam Engine Change the Way people Worked?” By Joseph Cummins Demand Media. In 1712 an Englishman Thomas Newcomen invented the very first steam engine. “In 1782, James Watt improved on this simple pumping engine by developing a separate chamber to condense steam, which meant that the machine could continue working at all times” The industrial revolution started in England because England had much more natural resources then we did. They had coal and fuel steam engines. Because of James Watts inventions, “the creation of mills and factories that turned out the goods that people had been creating by hand.” Also, ships and trains were now powered by steam and people were able to get places to places more quickly and more efficiently.
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The revolution begins in earnest
James Watts had a BIG impact on the industrial revolution. He was a great inventor and he is a big reason the industrial revolution happened. Not only did James watts have a big impact on the Industrial Revolution he had a big impact on society today as well. James Watt Changed the world for better. Because of James Watt’s steam engine, “steam meant that factories could be built anywhere, not just along fast- flowing rivers.” “These factories benefited from the world’s greatest partnerships” and that is James Watt’s and Matthew Boulton. “Together they tailored Watt’s steam engine to any company that could use it”. This caused them to make a fortunes. Another impact James Watt’s steam engine had on the industrial revolution was transportation. “By the early 1800s, high- pressure steam engines had become compact enough to move beyond the factory, the first steam- powered locomotive to hit the rails in Britain in 1804.” Shipping goods were a lot easier than over land and something other “than the muscle or man or animals.” “United States was the pioneer in shipping” . Because of James Watt’s steam engine, an aircraft carrier has a steam catapult. This helps air crafts take off from the aircraft carrier.
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