The invention of the immobile steam engine was an important initial phase of the Industrial Revolution. The world had been gradually becoming industrialized before the advent of the steam engine, but when it was invented, the progress of the industrial revolution became much significant and quicker.
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The concept of steam power pre-dates all types of modern engines by a few thousand years, according to the first-century mathematician cum engineer, Heron of Alexandria. Known to have lived in Roman Egypt, Heron wrote the first known description of a primary version of a steam engine. He called it the Aeolipile. Years later, other leading scientists such as Leonardo Da Vinci experimented the concept as in his famous drawing of the steam-powered cannon named Architonnerre in the 15th century. In 1551, Taqi ad-Din detailed his understanding of a basic steam turbine in papers.
The industrial revolution was a period in time when the primarily agrarian and rural societies in Europe and America moved towards industrialization and urban development. Prior to that, manufacturing was home-based that is done by people using simple basic tools.
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Steam trains have been around now for over 200 hundred years since the beginning of the 19th Century. The first steam train to carry passengers, the famed Locomotion No. 1 built by the Stephenson’s had an estimated maximum speed of 15 mph. It’s safe to say that since then, steam trains have got faster but the question has to be asked, how fast can a steam train actually go?
The steam locomotives were used to run the trains. Now diesel and electric engines are being used for the purpose. But still, the steam locomotives are being used in some parts of the world. Let us know how steam trains work. The locomotive has two parts – a boiler and engine. The boiler generates the steam and the engine drives the wheel with the help of steam.