Thomas Savery was an English military engineer and inventor who patented the first commercially marketed steam-powered water pump in 1698, sold as a device for draining mines, supplying towns and powering mills. His broad patent, extended by a 1699 Act of Parliament, legally required Thomas Newcomen to partner with him to bring the more practical atmospheric engine to market in 1712. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Patented an early steam-powered pump, a precursor of the practical steam engine.
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Patented an earlier steam powered water pump in 1698, sold for draining mines; its broad patent, extended to 1733 by a 1699 Act of Parliament, legally required Thomas Newcomen to partner with Savery to bring the more practical atmospheric engine to market in 1712.
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A new invention for raiseing of water and occasioning motion to all sorts of mill work by the impellent force of fire, which will be of great use and advantage for drayning mines, serveing townes with water, and for the working of all sorts of mills where they have not the benefitt of water nor constant windes.
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A new invention for raiseing of water and occasioning motion to all sorts of mill work by the impellent force of fire.
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Odometers were developed for ships in 1698 with the odometer invented by the Englishman Thomas Savery.
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