Sentence examples for introduction of steam from inspiring English sources
One of the major innovations during the 18th and 19th centuries was the introduction of steam pumps and the improvement of pressurized systems.
Our national fuel asset is coal, and our original industrial monopoly was based upon the introduction of steam power and the development of railways.
The change from wood to iron came slowly, in considerable part because the introduction of steam power required new techniques and experience in shipbuilding.
Thanks to broader literacy, daily papers began to emerge in 1835, following the invention of the metal press around 1800 and the introduction of steam printing shortly thereafter.
It was Scotland's premier fishing port from the introduction of steam trawling until the rise of the North Sea oil industry.
The so-called fourth industrial revolution, following on from the introduction of steam power, electricity and electronics, will have less of an impact on developed economies, such as Switzerland, Singapore and the UK.
According to the A.I.A. Guide to New York City, the area prospered as a Manhattan suburb, beginning with the introduction of steam-powered ferries in 1815.
The introduction of steam-driven machinery much of it fueled by coal brought new industries into being or transformed older ones.
Second, the means of transport were improved by the introduction of steam-powered, and later diesel-powered, tugs; prior to the mid-19th century, barges moving upstream were towed either by teams of horses or gangs of men.
The Duvivier era saw the introduction of steam-powered presses for coin and medal making, perfected by the English engineer Matthew Boulton at Birmingham in 1786, and the use of the reducing machine, which permitted the translation of a sculptor's large-scale relief model into a working die (see below Techniques of production).
While no global historical data is available, the UK (together with the USA) was the market leader when it came to the introduction of steam-powered shipping.
