Sujet
James Watt's prototype steam engine 'Old Bess', c1778. Artist: Unknown
Légende
James Watt's prototype steam engine 'Old Bess', c1778. Scottish engineer and inventor Watt (1736-1819) formed a successful partnership with the entrepreneur Matthew Boulton in 1775, building steam engines to power mills, factories and mines. Watt's designs with a separate condenser were more efficient than earlier steam engines. In this engine, which was erected at the Soho works, Birmingham, England, in 1777-1778, reciprocating motion was turned into rotary motion by a sun-and-planet gear train.
Oxford Science Archive
Date
1778
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images
Notre référence
HRM19B65_297
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
49,9Mo (2,7Mo) / 37,9cm x 33,0cm / 4474 x 3902 (300dpi)