Thomas Newcomen (February 1664 – 5 August 1729) was an English inventor who created the atmospheric engine, the first practical fuel-burning engine in 1712 😛
That he was but he done his most successful work right here in Birmingham so he was a Brummie.
Because to be a real Brummie all you need to do is live in Birmingham by choice. In that case we quite happily forgive anybody's origin. 😉
And there is the air conditioner condenser, but the condensed water is just a byproduct
Of course an air conditioner contains also capacitors. Tell the repairman he should bring both a condenser and a capacitor, just to be sure...
The timeline of James Watt's journey to fame is interesting.
His famous invention of the separate condenser, which greatly improved the efficiency of the steam engine and permitted enormous savings in fuel, was made in Glasgow, Scotland in 1765.
Watt spent the following years developing his invention and working as a consultant civil engineer in Scotland.
He moved to Birmingham, England in 1774 to form a partnership with the industrialist Matthew Boulton at his Soho Foundry. Their improved steam engines revolutionised the mining, iron, transport and manufacturing industries.
Watt is considered to be one of the key figures of the Industrial Revolution.
University of Glasgow :: Story :: Biography of James Watt
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You judge a man by the friends he keeps and James Watt had a few:
Lunar Society of Birmingham - Wikipedia
Not sure about the last paragraph about slavery in your linked article.
Sure Franklin was a member but so was Josiah Wedgwood, an leader of the abolitionist movement.
Lunar Society of Birmingham - Wikipedia
Not sure about the last paragraph about slavery in your linked article.
Sure Franklin was a member but so was Josiah Wedgwood, an leader of the abolitionist movement.
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That's an impressive cohort of lunaticks [sic]! 
You must be familiar with the statues of Boulton, Watt and Murdoch holding several sheets of engineering drawings of steam engines.
They're located in Broad Street and known locally as The Golden Boys - or The Carpet Salesmen to those Brummies unable to identify engineering drawings when they see them!
Watt is on the left and Murdoch is on the right.
William Murdoch was also a Scottish engineer and inventor. 😎
You must be familiar with the statues of Boulton, Watt and Murdoch holding several sheets of engineering drawings of steam engines.
They're located in Broad Street and known locally as The Golden Boys - or The Carpet Salesmen to those Brummies unable to identify engineering drawings when they see them!
Watt is on the left and Murdoch is on the right.
William Murdoch was also a Scottish engineer and inventor. 😎
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How remiss of me!
I didn't read that far in the link or would have selected another.
That's a topic I do not wish to discuss here.
For some time Murdoch was technically an employee of Watt and Boulton but it is said that some of the inventions Watt patented were actually Murdoch's ideas.
However all worked out well because when Watt and Boulton retired their sons almost immediately made Murdoch a full partner.
Murdoch walked(!) from his home in Ayrshire to Birmingham to work with Watt & Boulton.
However all worked out well because when Watt and Boulton retired their sons almost immediately made Murdoch a full partner.
Murdoch walked(!) from his home in Ayrshire to Birmingham to work with Watt & Boulton.
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Apparently Watt didn't like slavery even though he lived in a society where it was perfectly normal. Nothing wrong with that, not with him that is.
He really didn't have much option since the world's first steam-powered passenger railway didn't come into being until 1825! 😀
Having read Franklin's wiki page it seems hanging out with Brummies did have an effect on him:
'After returning from England in 1762, Franklin became notably more abolitionist in nature, attacking American slavery.' and ' Benjamin Franklin thought that slavery was "an atrocious debasement of human nature" and "a source of serious evils." He and Benjamin Rush founded the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery in 1774.'
'After returning from England in 1762, Franklin became notably more abolitionist in nature, attacking American slavery.' and ' Benjamin Franklin thought that slavery was "an atrocious debasement of human nature" and "a source of serious evils." He and Benjamin Rush founded the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery in 1774.'
My understanding is that the air conditioner condenser condenses the refrigerant.And there is the air conditioner condenser, but the condensed water is just a byproduct
Earlier in the thread, I was curious what this part is called in the non-English language examples used.
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