Where did Thomas Newcomen get his inspiration from to develop the steam engine?
Newcomen was an ironmonger by profession in an era when there were already a few rudimentary steam engines around what Newcomen did was to utilize the principle of a lever to transfer energy – – – levers have been known to man since caveman days. The easiest answer is that Newcomen was a natural observer & thinker who studied the available models and made his own significant improvement. Newcomen was quite aware of Thomas Savery’s work and in fact the two combined their resources rather than fighting over the issue of patents etc. See second link. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_fi… http://www.bookrags.com/research/savery-… “”——————Savery’s work at the turn of the century preceded Newcomen’s radically different and more successful engine in 1712. It also followed on the heels of no
