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Facts

Baptized February 28, 1664 • Dartmouth • England
Died August 5, 1729 • London • England
Inventions Newcomen steam engine

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Newcomen steam engine
model of Newcomen steam engine
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Robert William Thomson, Scottish inventor; engraving after a photograph, 1873.
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Thomas Savery's steam pump
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Charles Babbage
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Sir George Cayley
British inventor and scientist
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Charles Wheatstone
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British architect and engineer
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