Newcomen

[ noo-kuhm-uhn, nyoo- ]

noun

1. Thomas, 1663–1729, English inventor.

Newcomen

/ ˈnjuːˌkʌmən /

noun

1. NewcomenThomas16631729MEnglishTECHNOLOGY: engineer Thomas. 1663–1729, English engineer who invented a steam engine, which James Watt later modified and developed

Newcomen

/ no̅o̅′kə-mən /

1. English inventor who developed an early steam engine (1711) that was was widely used to pump water in coal mines.

Example Sentences

In the three centuries since Thomas Newcomen deployed his primitive steam engine at a Staffordshire mine, we went from a world where the average person lived at subsistence level and half of children died before reaching adulthood to one where most children survive to their 15th birthdays and end up on average healthier, better fed, more lavishly entertained and more comfortable than a medieval king.

From Washington Post

The court heard that Mr Ali of Dalwood Court, Hemlington and Mr Matthews of Newcomen Green, Middlesbrough, both 21, had a bought a Vauxhall Insignia the day before the incident.

From BBC

For a start, Newcomen could not have devised his engine without knowing about the pressure of the atmosphere, since this provides its driving force.

From Literature

It is true that knowledge of air pressure was widespread by 1712, and any explanation of the workings of a barometer would have conveyed to Newcomen the discoveries of Torricelli and Pascal.

From Literature

Papin’s engines were the closest in conception to Newcomen’s.

From Literature