steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid. The steam engine uses the force produced by steam pressure to push a piston back and forth inside a cylinder.

1. THE STEAM POWERED
REVOLUTION
PowerPoint by
Larry Morris,
Kevin Miller,
Taaj Mccain,
Colin Novath

2. Many may not know,
but the original design
for the steam engine
was devised by a
English military
engineer named
Thomas Savery.

3. He patented his idea in 1698.

4. A English Blacksmith, named
Thomas Newcomen, made the
first improvements on Thomas
Savery's invention.

5. He named his engine "The
Newcomen steam engine."

6. In 1765, James Watt was
assigned the job of working on
the Newcomen engine.

7. James worked on several
improvements for Newcomen's
engine.

8. His improvements made the
steam engine more efficient and
cost effective.

9. A mill engine
from Stott Park
Bobbin Mill,
Cumbria,
England
Preserved British
steam-powered
fire engine
A 1817
Boulton &
Watt beam
blowing
engine,
The uses of the steam engine.

10. Influences On The Future
Led to modern day inventions such as:
• Trains
• Ships
• Cranes
• Tractors

11. POSITIVE EFFECTS ON SOCIETY
• A growth in convienence for transporting
goods.
• Made it easier to obtain a variety of products
from other places.
• Different types of transportaion emerged.

12. NEGATIVE EFFECTS ON SOCIETY
• Depeltion of fossil fuels.
• Pollutted the air quality.
• It became very time consuming.

13. Primary Source documents
About.com
"Steam Engine History." Inventors. Web. 24 Jan. 2011.
<http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blsteamengine.h
tm>.
Youtube.com
"YouTube - the Industrial Revolution the Steam Engine."
YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. Web. 24 Jan. 2011.
<http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=the
industrial revolution the steam engine&aq=f>.
Ideafinder.com
"Inventor James Watt Biography." The Great Idea Finder -
Celebrating the Spirit of Innovation. Web. 24 Jan. 2011.
<http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/watt.htm>.