Abstract
The steam engine was invented in Britain and its worldwide impact has been immense. For more than a century, British engineers were at the forefront of developing stationary steam engines, initially for draining mines and later for many other purposes. Subsequently, British engineers played leading roles in applying steam power to railways and on water. Reciprocating steam engines (powered by a piston moving up and down a cylinder) were virtually universal until the invention of the steam turbine in the 1880s. Several coal-fired turbines remain in service in electricity-generating stations long after the demise of most reciprocating steam engines.
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