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Newcomen, Thomas (1663–1729)
British inventor of the first practical steam engine (before 1712). His device, employed mainly to pump water from mines, used steam pressure to raison the piston and, after condensation of the steam, atmospheric pressure to force it down again; it was thus called an "atmospheric" steam engine.
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