- Early Developments in Steam
- Steam Locomotives
- Railway Mania, George Hudson and Isambard Kingdom Brunel
- Important Steam Locomotives
- The Steam Turbine and the Future of Steam Power
What you'll learn
- Early developments in steam power
- The difference between low pressure and high pressure steam
- The development of steam locomotion
- The early pioneers of steam power and steam railways
- The development of the steam turbine
Description
That steam has power has been known for centuries, but humankind has only been able to harness that power since the early 1700s. This is the story of the development of steam power from the early pumping engines, to the development of steam railways, and the introduction of the steam turbine.
In lesson 1, I look at early developments in steam power with particular focus on the inventions of Thomas Savery, Thomas Newcomen, and James Watt.
In lesson 2, I cover developments in steam locomotion with James Watt refusing to work on high pressure steam applications, but his assistant William Murdoch creating a steam carriage. Richard Trevithick built the world's first steam locomotive and his ideas were taken forward by John Blenkinsop and William Hedley before George Stephenson created the world's first steam powered public railways. George Stephenson and his son Robert also revolutionised steam locomotives.
In lesson 3, I discuss the period of frenzied investment and financial crash called Railway Mania, and cover the story of George Hudson who benefitted from this investment and was probably part of the cause of the crash. I also cover Isambard Kingdom Brunel and the Great Western Railway.
In lesson 4, I cover some of the important steam locomotives of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries including those of George and Robert Stephenson, Daniel Gooch and Nigel Gresley.
In lesson 5, I look at the invention of the steam turbine by Charles Parsons and its contribution to the industrial revolution. Finally, we look at the prospects for steam power in conjunction with renewal energy.
I hope you find the course interesting and enjoyable.
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Ross Maynard
Process Improvement Specialist
I am a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants specialising in process improvement. I have nearly 30 years experience in consultancy, facilitation and training. I have published numerous online courses on process improvement, performance measurement, KPIs, problem solving and more.
I live in Scotland with my wife, daughter and our Cocker Spaniel.
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good history , would be much better if there are videos of movement
Wooh, what an amazing background information, I knew quite a bit of fragments, but to see it presented in context, great super plus good in Orwell's language