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review. Some years later another English engineer, Thomas
Newcomen, developed a more efficient steam pump consisting of a
cylinder fitted with a piston—a design inspired by Papin’s
aforementioned idea. When the cylinder was filled with steam, a
counterweighted pump plunger moved the piston to the extreme
upper end of the stroke. With the admission of cooling water,
the steam condensed, creating a... cast by Darby The advent of
the Thomas Newcomen steam engine in 1712 created an important
new market for iron; by 1758, when Darby had been succeeded by
his eldest son, Abraham Darby (1711–63), more than 100 Newcomen
cylinders had been cast at Coalbrookdale. In 1779 Darby’s
grandson, Abraham Darby III (1750–91), completed one of the
world’s first cast-iron bridges (at present-day Ironbridge,
near... ...were used for pumps. But sh