atmospheric steam engine

object, machine, apparatus, tool, technical instrument

Steam engine, in which atmospheric pressure does the work and depresses the piston.

The task of the steam is to create a negative pressure in the cylinder through cooling and condensation.

Thomas Newcomen’s atmospheric steam engine of 1712 is considered the first commercially successful steam engine in history. It was used in mining as a water pump.

Traveljournal 1825–1827

Perkins demonstrates the high pressure steam engine, 27 September 1827

Traveljournal 1846

A visit to the works of Cammell and Sanderson in Sheffield, 30 October 1846

Traveljournal 1851

Further highlights of the Exhibition, 29 June 1851

Cite as: atmospheric steam engine. In: Travel Reports of a Pioneer: Digital Edition of the Travel Journals of Johann Conrad Fischer 1794–1851. Published by Franziska Eggimann. Edited by Franziska Eggimann, Nicolau Lutz, Valerija Rukavina und Christopher Zoller-Blundell. Schlatt 2023, Version 1.2, https://johannconradfischer.com/en/keywords/gfa-keywords-8955, viewed on 7 June 2025.

[[title]] — Newcomen’s Atmospheric Steam Engine (engraving after Henry Beighton, 1717)