Steam+engine

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The **atmospheric engine** invented by [|Thomas Newcomen] in 1712, today referred to as a**Newcomen steam engine** (or simply Newcomen engine), was the first practical device to harness the power of [|steam] to produce [|mechanical work]. [|[1]] Newcomen engines were used throughout [|Britain] and [|Europe], principally to pump water out of [|mines] , starting in the early 18th century. [|James Watt] 's later [|engine] was an improved version. Although Watt is far more famous today, Newcomen rightly deserves the first credit for the widespread introduction of steam power.