Newcomen Atmospheric Engine Sim
- September 6, 2020
- bluepunch
The steam engine revolutionized the world. Thomas Newcomen's atmospheric engine was the first commercially successful steam engine, used to pump water from flooded mines. Unlike high-pressure steam engines, which directly use the expansive force of steam, it worked by spraying cold water into steam, condensing it and pulling down a piston with the resulting vacuum. This is an attempt to simulate t…