![]() The technology that supported the steam engine was unknown in China. ![]() china unlike Europe never developed machine tools for metal working and never independently developed technical drawing ability.ĭiscovering Steam Power in China, 1840s-1860s That different path put them at a disadvantage in developing or refining steam power in a few key disciplines. ![]() So Watts isn't credited with the first steam engine but the first commercially viable engine which was broadly adapted to rail, shipping and industrial uses which the earlier iterations including china's were not suited to.Ĭhina's Sciences / engineering took a different path from those of Europe. Its first commercial application was in 1776, but it was not until 1830 that the first railroad appeared and 1839 before the first steam ship appeared. The steam engine invented by James Watts and patented in 1769 was arguable the most important invention of the Industrial Revolution, but it still took 60 years for it to penetrate the economy of Industrial Britain. 1 Several steam-powered devices were later experimented with or proposed, such as Taqi al-Din's steam jack, a steam turbine in 16th-century Ottoman Egypt, and Thomas Savery's steam pump in 17th-century England. The first recorded rudimentary steam engine was the aeolipile described by Heron of Alexandria in 1st-century Roman Egypt. In this light one can also say China had the steam engine during the Song Dynasty(960-1279). Detailed Answerįirst rudimentary steam engine was the Aeolipile produced in the first century in Roman Egypt. So Watts isn't credited with the first steam engine but the first commercially viable engine which was broadly adapted to rail, shipping and industrial uses which the earlier iterations including china's were not suited to. England produced a steam engine in the seventeenth century England by Thomas Savory. The Ottoman empire had a steam engine in the Sixteenth Century. The first steam engine was produced in the first century Egypt. But that machine was not the equivalent of the machine developed in by the Scottsman James Watt and still wasn't the first iteration of the Steam Engine. Yes China had a complex machine run off of steam power during the Song Dynasty 960-1279 AD. Based of the lack of evidence (and because History said so :D ), I'd say that the Chinese never invented the steam engine. The picture also has an absence of a boiler, a piston, the 6 or so pumps that make up a Newcomen engine, and most of all water. UPTADE 3: As far as I can tell, the words on the pipe in the picture looks nothing like 發動機, engine in english, nor 蒸汽, steam. UPTATE 2: Can anyone find the english translation of Tiangong Kaiwu? If someone could find the book: World Cat OCLC Number: 123233547 it would help me a lot (or the Chinese coal mining text, I can't seem to find that) ![]() (It is in 繁体字 when I can only really read 简体字 well.) They show a picture but I can't figure out what is going on in it. You might want to take a look at Chinas Tiangong Kaiwu. (except for the conspiracy websites) Based on the lack of information, I'd say that China didn't invent it. I've searched the web, and as far as I can see, Heron designed the first steam engine, Savery, a British military engineer received the first patent, Newcoman created it, and Watt improved it.
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