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  1. Thomas Savery - Wikipedia

    Thomas Savery (/ ˈseɪvəri /; c. 1650 – 15 May 1715) was an English inventor and engineer. He invented the first commercially used steam-powered device, a steam pump [1] which is often referred to as the …

  2. SAVORY Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    palatable, appetizing, savory, tasty, toothsome mean agreeable or pleasant especially to the sense of taste. palatable often applies to something that is found to be merely agreeable. appetizing suggests …

  3. Thomas Savery | Steam Engine, Pump Design & Inventor - Britannica

    Thomas Savery (born c. 1650, Shilstone, Devonshire, Eng.—died 1715, London) was an English engineer and inventor who built the first steam engine. (Read James Watt’s 1819 Britannica essay …

  4. SAVERY Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Richard Savery, one of the researchers, says, “You’ll get a word like ‘storm’, and then it’ll generate a whole bunch of related words, like ‘rain’.”

  5. July 2, 1698: Thomas Savery Patents an Early Steam Engine

    It fell to an English inventor and engineer named Thomas Savery to build the first working prototype of “an engine to raise water by fire.” Born to relative privilege in 1650, Savery received an excellent …

  6. Thomas Savery - Encyclopedia.com

    Indeed, Savery is responsible for inventing a device capable of polishing plate glass as well as a machine that used paddle wheels to move ships stuck in the open water. His most important …

  7. The Savery Pump - egr.msu.edu

    May 21, 2013 · The first successful steam pump was patented by Thomas Savery in 1698, and in his words provided an "engine to raise water by fire". The artist rendering here is understood to use …

  8. Thomas Savery | Research Starters - EBSCO

    It was Savery’s exclusive right to construct and utilize steam engines that led Thomas Newcomen to associate himself with Savery in 1705, and all of Newcomen’s early achievements were made under …

  9. SAVERY definition in American English | Collins English ...

    Definition of 'Savery' Savery in British English (ˈseɪvərɪ ) noun Thomas. ?1650–1715, English engineer, who built (1698) the first practical steam engine, used to pump water from mines

  10. savery - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocab Dictionary

    Meaning Savery describes food that has a rich, flavorful, and often salty taste that is delightfully aromatic.