Welcome Dear Steemians, to an episode of #inventions!
One of the most important #inventions in today's age must be the STEAM ENGINE. "STEEM Engine" will have to wait just a little bit more to make it on the list, I'm sure that day will come. Thomas Newcomen, in 1712, developed the first commercially successful piston steam engine of 5 horsepower (3,700 W). But let's learn more about steam-powered vehicles.
I would lie if said that the word "steam" doesn't make me think of a cool choo-choo train. Let us start with some locomotives and go from it.
Steam Locomotives
Through the 18th century some awesome progress was made, railways were built everywhere. Many people wanted for this to work. A lot of hard work was put in this great project but all for a good reason. How many times would you be late for work, a meeting or maybe just to hang-out with your friends if it wasn't for our little old choo-choo?
In 1784, William Murdoch, a Scottish @inventor16, built a prototype steam road locomotive. An early working model of a steam rail locomotive was designed and constructed by steamboat pioneer John Fitch in the United States probably during the 1780s or 1790s. During the 18th century, the Enlightenment culminated in the French and American revolutions. Philosophy and science increased in prominence. Philosophers dreamed of a brighter age and it came in many forms. Good and bad ones. You be the judge of it, but I have a feeling we are doing just fine. Technology wise of course.
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The first full-scale working railway steam locomotive was built by Richard Trevithick in the United Kingdom and, on 21 February 1804, the world's first railway journey took place as Trevithick's unnamed steam locomotive hauled a train along the tramway from the Pen-y-Darren ironworks, near Merthyr Tydfil to Abercynon in south Wales. Today we can go practically anywhere. We have subways and soon also under water railways. I wish, would love to see a cool @fish:)
Steam Road Vehicles
Steam had already enjoyed a long and successful career in locomotive powerplants, so it was only natural that the technology evolved into a miniaturized version which was unshackled from the rails. Here we have "steam wagons" & "steam carriages" that were used on land and independent of rails. The first half of the 19th century saw great progress in steam vehicle design, and by the 1850s it was viable to produce them on a commercial basis.
This is the first "STEAM WAGGON" made by Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot - 1769
The first "STEAM CARRIAGE" made by Richard Trevithick - 1803
Well we all know later on they were replaced with more powerful engines and a new revolution started...
They still had some great times back then for sure. Here we end our episode 4. Hopefully, you learned something new. I know I did. Feel free to do more research on your own by following these links below!
https://www.britannica.com/technology/steam-engine
https://www.egr.msu.edu/~lira/supp/steam/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_engine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/18th_century
Until next time, thanks for stopping by! I upvote sweet comments so go for it, any upvote or resteem is much appreciated! If you have time for another post, please check my other episodes! Stay awesome!
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i love steemengines, as a boy i have build one when my mother would not buy a ready made model from the toyshop I could not let the idea go, I made one from scrap and found objects, asked the local plumber store for thin copper piping. I wanted a nanometer to measure the pressure
The final project did not look like the ready made steam engine but it worked. Later this project transformed into a distillation engine to make my own alcohol to fuel a motor.
Superb work! I'm not much of a tech guy, lolz... I mean I understand stuff but making it is a whole different story:) Great to see we have such bright minds on board! STEEM ON!
Hate to break it to you Kidd, but we 've already got underwater railways. Its called the Eurostar ;) (pretty sure Japan has one too) Unfortunately, all you see looking out the window is darkness.. No fishies which is quite disappointing :(
Love these posts - informative and funny. Stay awesome!
Yeah I know we have them... But as you said no futurism in them after all, we would all love to see fish:=)
Ty dear! I try my best to put out the word :)) Stay coolz!
So it is not underwater, but underground! We want actual under water trains that do not require a tunnel!
WOW the Eurostar I have been on it when I was 16, in 2004, (before europe was invaded ) and I did not get to see the special carriage for the cars! It looks so futuristic and advanced!
(before europe was invaded ) ? WtF are you talking about???
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_invasions#2000.E2.80.93present
Invaded by who? :)))
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For some reason, I thought the train in the introductory photo/gif will transform to Thomas haha 😄
Jokes aside, steam engines did wonders for the industrial revolution. Industrialization is already making changes, but thanks to steam engines, it increase industrialization's expansion to various applications
You've done your homework kidd😹
Yes Sir:P
hehe that was something really different :D
Thanks I really hope you liked it :))
very cool post and vlog, i like it
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