John Stewart (4)
1777 Presented a paper to the Royal Society which was summarised by Farey in 1827 in his Treatise on the Steam Engine. Stewart had invented a plan involving a pair of endless chains and ratchet gear for "converting the reciprocating motion of the fire-engine into a progressive circular motion for turning all kinds of mills". The Council of the Royal Society referred Stewart's paper to John Smeaton.[1]
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Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer 1920/02/13