开始:VCALENDAR方法:发布开始:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Near You Event - Thomas Newcomen (1664 – 1729) Pioneer of steam power. \n\nEvent Type: Talk\n\nIndustry Sector: Cross-sector\n\nSpeak Det ails: Jim Andrew is a mechanical engineer who worked in industry and then public health before moving to the Museum Service in 1974. He was awarded his PhD in 1991 for research on Boulton& Watt’s pumping engines. His res earch interests James Watt \,Thomas Newcomen and John Smeaton.\n\nDescript ion : Thomas Newcomen developed the first truly successful steam engine\, shortly after 1700. \; His engines were initially used for draining mi nes and water supply but could power machinery by putting water over a wat er wheel. \; This lecture will look at the background to the exploitat ion of steam as a source of power\, Newcomen&rsquo\;s developments and how his engines worked. \; The lecture will move on to later improvements to the engine\, particularly those of John Smeaton\, and how study of the engines&rsquo\; shortcomings led to James Watt making his significant con tribution to steam power. \; Finally there is a need to explain the co ntinuing building of Newcomen engines into the nineteenth century\, long a fter James Watt and others produced much more powerful and economic steam engines.\n\nContact Details: Con Kehely\nAddress: Ireland.\n\n Alternative Contact: Paul Dillon\nAddress: Dept of Mechanical Engineering\, TU Dublin \, \, Tallaght Campus\, Tallaght\, D24 FKT9\, Ireland. DTEND:20121112T090000 DTSTAMP:20230627T100928Z DTSTART:20121112T073000 LOCATION:Engineers Ireland Headquarters\, 22 Clyde Road\, Ballsbridge\, Dub lin 4\, Dublin\, D04 R3N2\, Ireland SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Thomas Newcomen (1664 – 1729) Pioneer of steam power. UID:2ed5c25b-46d9-4ef2-bbd0-25d2676696b2 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR