How does water, fire, steam, and metalworking ignite a revolution? Here we explore exactly how the first steam engine, The Newcomen Atmospheric Engine works, and why it was revolutionary!
This video series is the winning project of the Europeana STEM challenge 2019 and was awarded funding for its production. I’m grateful to the Europeana team for support in creating this series and providing invaluable educational resources.
If you were inspired to learn more and explore more about early ancestors of modern technology, or about thousands of other facets of the rich and diverse heritage of Europe, be sure to check out the Europeana Collections at www.europeana.eu/ Their extensive digital platform includes over 3,700 museums, libraries, institutes, and archives which have contributed over 50 million digitized images, artifacts, audio clips, artwork, books, films, and music.
Table of Contents:
1:16 Components and Function of the Newcomen Engine
3:55 How a vacuum can generate power
6:17 How much does water expand when evaporated?
7:37 Igniting a revolution in technology
How do Steam Engines Work?
We make steam every morning while preparing our morning coffee. But how can it be used to move this massive machine? In this episode, we explore how engineers designed steam engines to turn fire, water, and steam into tremendous amounts of force.
This video series is the winning project of the Europeana STEM challenge 2019 and was awarded funding for its production. I’m grateful to the Europeana team for support in creating this series and providing invaluable educational resources.
If you were inspired to learn more and explore more about early ancestors of modern technology, or about thousands of other facets of the rich and diverse heritage of Europe, be sure to check out the Europeana Collections at www.europeana.eu/ Their extensive digital platform includes over 3,700 museums, libraries, institutes, and archives which have contributed over 50 million digitized images, artifacts, audio clips, artwork, books, films, and music.
Table of Contents:
1:54 Exploring the traction engine.
4:30 What is high pressure steam and how is it generated?
6:51 Just how much force is in a steam engine?
8:04 Let's think about the impact of steam engines.
