[modeleng] Re: scottish inventions

Hi Huburt
 i did not think i would get a way with that mising E
kenny
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> The famous Doctor added an 'e' to the end of his name - so Stanley said 
> 'Dr
> Livingstone, I presume'.
>
> Cheers   Hubert
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "kenny" <kenny.macdougall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 1:48 PM
> Subject: [modeleng] Re: scottish inventions
>
>
>> Hi Jesse
>> any relation to Dr David Livingston Scottish Doctor and missionary   The
>> famous words Dr. Livingston , I presume
>> regards
>> Kenny
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Jesse Livingston" <fernj1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 1:28 PM
>> Subject: [modeleng] Re: scottish inventions
>>
>>
>>> Newcomen's engine was not an actual steam engine if I recall correctly.
>>> His
>>> idea was to draw in steam at atmospheric pressure, seal it in the
>>> cylinder
>>> and then cool it so it condensed and formed a vacuum which then pulled
>>> the
>>> piston and raised the pump rod in the mine
>>>
>>> Jesse, the Tennessean with the last name of Livingston which is lowland
>>> Scot.
>>>
>>> I believe that Watt made the improvement ot Newcomen's engine, by 
>>> fitting
>>> the separate condensor, thus saving a huge amount of fuel.    Newcomen's
>>> first successful engine worked in 1712.
>>>
>>> Watt and Boulton produced a successful engine with a condensor in about
>>> 1773.
>>>
>>> Cheers!   Hubert
>>>
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