360What happened in 1698?
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- History · 2 July 1698
Thomas Savery patents a steam pump to drain mines
On 2 July 1698, the English engineer Thomas Savery received a patent for a machine that used steam to pump water out of mines, which he called 'the Miner's Friend'. It was one of the first practical uses of steam power. Improved by Thomas Newcomen and later James Watt, steam engines went on to power the Industrial Revolution.
- 1698 · from 1666–1699: The age of science begins
Savery patents a steam pump
- 2 July 1698 · from Thomas Savery patents a steam pump to drain mines
Savery's patent
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Savery patents his steam pump