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>> Newcomen, Jerónimo de Ayanz y Beaumont ... and Hero of Alexandria

> Thomas Savery too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Savery

Savery is referenced in the "Watt steam engine" Wikipedia article.

Also worth noting that even though Watt improved on Newcomen's design to improve efficiency, Watt's design still sucked: it took Wilkinson's boring technology to actually get them to work well.

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wilkinson_(industrialist)...

People underestimate how much improving precision over the years/decades/centuries has allowed technology to progress:

* https://www.simonwinchester.com/precision-praise

* https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35068671-the-perfectioni...





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