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Thomas Newcomen
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English inventor, ironmonger and Baptist lay preacher (1664-1729)
Thomas Newcomen was an English inventor and ironmonger who lived from 1664 to 1729 and also served as a Baptist lay preacher. He is historically significant for developing an early steam engine that became widely used in mines and industry, marking an important step toward modern mechanized power.
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- human
- Given name
- Thomas
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Dartmouth
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- mechanic
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Baptists
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- Thomas Newcomen
- date of birth
- 1664-02-28
- date of death
- 1729-08-05
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- place of burial
- Bunhill Fields Burial Ground
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Animation of a schematic Newcomen engine.– Steam is shown pink and water is blue.– Valves move from open (green) to closed (red) Thomas Newcomen (/ˈnjuːkʌmən/; February 1664 – 5 August 1729) was an English inventor, creator of the atmospheric engine in 1712, Baptist preacher by calling and ironmonger by trade.
He was born in Dartmouth, in Devon, England, to a merchant family and baptized at St. Saviour's Church on 28 February 1664. In those days, flooding in coal and tin mines was a major problem. Newcomen was soon engaged in trying to improve ways to pump out the water from such mines. His ironmonger's business specialised in designing, manufacturing and selling tools for the mining industry.
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