Part 1 of Essay
“In the never-ending search for energy sources, the invention of changed the face of the earth.” (Siegel, Preface) was the principal power source during the British Industrial Revolution in the 18th century. opened a whole new world to everyone. maximized production, efficiency, reliability, minimized time, the amo ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... it could be in removing the water from the mineshafts. This proved to be of great importance to the Cornish, because one of their biggest problems was the flooding of the mining shafts. (The Penetration of the Industry by Steam Power) The mine owners “worried…that the mines would have to be shut down unless water could be pumped out of the shafts.” “The engine successfully raised water from the bottom of deep mines.” (Siegel, 17) This saved the shutting down of the mines, which were essential to fur ....