Newcomen atmospheric engine

Early modern · Energy · 1712

TL;DR

Newcomen atmospheric engine - requires enrichment with adjacent possible narrative

first practical steam engine

What Had To Exist First

Preceding Inventions

Steam-powered water pump

What This Enabled

Inventions that became possible because of Newcomen atmospheric engine:

Watt steam engine Self-propelled steam car Steamboat Horsepower

Biological Patterns

Mechanisms that explain how this invention emerged and spread:

Niche Construction Adaptive Radiation

Related Inventions

Self-propelled steam car Watt steam engine Steamboat Steam-powered water pump Horsepower

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