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Also Known As compound steam engine

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Robert Fulton
Robert Fulton
American inventor
James Watt
James Watt
Scottish inventor
Oliver Evans.
Oliver Evans
American inventor
Richard Trevithick, detail of an oil painting by John Linnell, 1816; in the Science Museum, London.
Richard Trevithick
English engineer
George Stephenson
George Stephenson
British inventor
Peter Cooper
Peter Cooper
American inventor and manufacturer
John Stevens, oil on panel, attributed to John Trumbull; in the collection of the Stevens Institute of Technology
John Stevens
American inventor and lawyer
Matthew Boulton, detail of an engraving by William Sharp after a portrait by William Beachey, 18th century
Matthew Boulton
British engineer and manufacturer
Eugène Schneider
French industrialist
Robert Stephenson
Robert Stephenson
British engineer
William Murdock, bust by an unknown artist; in the Science Museum, London
William Murdock
Scottish inventor
Nasmyth, James
James Nasmyth
Scottish engineer
Thomas Savery's steam pump
Thomas Savery
British engineer and inventor
William Symington
British engineer
John Roebuck
British physician, chemist, and inventor
Sir Daniel Gooch, 1st Baronet
British engineer
Baldwin, Matthias William
Matthias William Baldwin
American manufacturer
Corliss steam engine
George Henry Corliss
American inventor
Joshua Field
British civil engineer
Nathan Read
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James Watt as a young man, c1769. Scottish engineer and instrument maker. Invented the modern steam engine which became the main source of power in Britain's textile mills. His engine had a separate condenser in which steam from the cylinder; (see notes)
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