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Fun fact: the early steam engines were abysmally inefficient, and were only adopted because the main use case was pumping water out of coal mines, so there was
by d_burfoot 5y ago
Fun fact: the early steam engines were abysmally inefficient, and were only adopted because the main use case was pumping water out of coal mines, so there was a large supply of fuel easily on hand.
- laverya 5y agoThat's the subject of a previous article in this series: https://technicshistory.com/2021/07/13/the-triumvirate-coal-iron-and-steam/ https://technicshistory.com/2021/07/13/the-triumvirate-coal-... A great read too!