The phrase "advent of steam" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to the introduction or arrival of steam technology, particularly in historical contexts related to the Industrial Revolution.
Example: "The advent of steam revolutionized transportation and manufacturing, leading to unprecedented economic growth."
Alternatives: "arrival of steam" or "introduction of steam".
The cruiser is a bridge between the great sailing ships and the advent of steam power.
It was an important stop-off for ships using the trade winds, but with the advent of steam ships and the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 St Helena slipped off the map.
During the 19th century, Moncton, favoured by its location at the head of a deepwater inlet, became a busy shipbuilding centre, but, with the advent of steam vessels in the 1870s, this industry faded.
Stephen Davies, a synthetic biologist and venture capitalist who served as a judge at iGEM, compares the buzz around the field to the advent of steam power during the Victorian era.
Wine, coffee, cacao beans and rum are among the items filling holds on a growing number of ships that are reviving old trade routes more than a century after the advent of steam engines ended the golden age of sail.
Since the advent of steam turbines, it has been a common experience that vibrations of blades and rotors are main causes of breakdown.
The advent of steam-powered ships during the first half of the 19th century added the problem of minimizing fuel consumption to the navigator's duties.
Ellet also had an abiding interest in the history of the naval ram as a weapon, and the advent of steam-powered vessels convinced him that this ancient tactic might once more prove effective.
Coins minted prior to the late 1700s, before the advent of steam-powered coin presses, tended to be irregular in shape.
After the advent of the steam engine, material goods were produced by power-driven machines that could only be manufactured by machine tools.
Since the advent of the steam trawler, the local fisheries including the herring industry once located in Stornoway, in Lewis have diminished considerably.
