The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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Thomas Savery (c. 1650 - 1715)

English inventor and engineer who invented the first commercially used steam powered device. He demonstrated a model of his "engine" before the Royal Society on 14 June 1699 and donated a drawing of his engine. Dictionary of National Biography entry: https://doi-org.cyber.usask.ca/10.1093/ref:odnb/24733 Other biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Savery Relevant locations: Lived at or near London, England
 Relationships: Thomas Savery was a donor to Royal Society (-)

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