The Monthly Episode - July 2022 - The Invention Episode 25

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The first attempt concerned a system to pump water out of the
mines. Vapor was introduced into a tank and allowed to cool
until it condensed. This created a negative pressure inside, through which the pit
water could be sucked in through a pipe. There was a system of
pipes, valves, and tanks, and sometimes they used to explode.
Everything worked systematically, but it wasn't very efficient.

Later, in 1701, Thomas Newcomen managed to get a system
using steam, valves, pistons, and cylinders to work. This idea was also to remove the water from the mines, but in
this case, the machine used the power of steam along with a
counterweight to move a piston up and down. This was
connected to a pump that raised the water.

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