De quoi est fait watt steam engine
A steam engine with a separate condenser — the prime mover of the Industrial Revolution.
- Piston — a pour partie. Steam pushes the piston in the cylinder.
- Flywheel — a pour partie. The flywheel evens out rotation.
- Régulateur centrifuge — a pour partie. Watt used a centrifugal governor to keep the speed steady.
- Manivelle — a pour partie. The stroke of the piston becomes rotation of a shaft (Watt first used a planetary gear).
- Cylindre — a pour partie. Steam works in the cylinder.
- Valve — a pour partie. A slide valve distributes the steam.
- Planetary gear — a pour partie. Watt’s “sun and planet” gear got around the patent on the crank.
- Separate condenser — a pour partie. Watt’s main invention.
- Chaudière — a pour partie. The boiler supplies steam.
- Charbon — utilise. Steam engines were fired with coal.