3 Oct 2012 - Spoken Word at Millennium Point
A lecture by Jim Andrew.
The Newcomen Society is the world's oldest learned society devoted to the study of the history of engineering and technology. The Society is based in London and is concerned with all branches of engineering: civil, mechanical, electrical, structural, aeronautical, marine, chemical and manufacturing.
This year is the 300th anniversary of Newcomen’s steam engine, the first source of power that no longer relied on animals, wind or water. It did not take long for some engineers to realise that it used a great deal of coal for the power produced. This inefficiency continued for some fifty years while many inventors tried to improve power efficiency, but with little effect. It’s a measure of Thomas Newcomen’s contribution that it took so long to improve his engine. This lecture looks at how his steam engine worked and how his successors, John Smeaton and James Watt, were eventually to succeed where others had failed.
http://livebrum.co.uk/millennium-point/2012/10/03/newcomen-society
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