Drawing of Thomas Newcomen's Pumping Engine, 1712
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Drawing of Thomas Newcomen's Pumping Engine, 1712, prepared in the Science Museum, 1897
About the year 1712 Thomas Newcomen, of Dartmouth, assisted by John Cawley or Calley, introduced this machine, known as the “atmospheric" engine, in which were first embodied on a practical scale several of the leading features of the reciprocating steam engine.
