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English: Photo of model Newcomen steam engine at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, which was repaired by James Watt. He used this model to test his separat condensor, inventing the modern steam engine.

Caption (model): In 1764, James Watt. In working to repair this Model, belonging to the Natural Philosophy Class in the University of Glasgow, made the discovery of a separate Condenser, which has identified his name to with that of the Steam Engine.

Original caption (book): 'The Newcomen engine, in the repairing of which Watt was led to his great discoveries. Preserved in the University of Glasgow.'
Date
Source Downloaded from Elmer Ellsworth Burns (1910) The Story of Great Inventions, Harper & Brothers, New York, p.39, fig.13 on Google Books.
Author Elmer Ellsworth Burns
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(Reusing this file)		 Public domain - publlished in USA before 1923

The original model is held in the Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery Collections, University of Glasgow as item GLAHM C.29, "Model Newcomen Engine, repaired by James Watt". The maker was Jonathan Sisson of London, but year of manufacture unknown.[1]

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  1. ↑ http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/foxweb/huntsearch/DetailedResults.fwx?collection=all&SearchTerm=C.29&mdaCode=GLAHM archive copy at the Wayback Machine

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current22:44, 12 June 2009Thumbnail for version as of 22:44, 12 June 20091,734 × 2,649 (1.9 MB)DrJungeHigher resolution, denoised, optical destortion reduced
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