Diagram depicting Thomas Savery's steam engine of 1699 for pumping water from mines. Double furnace (right) with boilers, whose steam passes to cylinders (PP) It is next cooled, which causes partial vacuum (PP) that sucks up water through pipe M. Thomas Savery (1650-1715) an English inventor and engineer. Dated 19th century

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