Assertion: watt's engine | /r/CapableOf | transmit continuous power
Facets:
value: to a machine
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: The first commercially successful engine that could transmit continuous power to a machine was developed in 1712 by Thomas Newcomen.
text: The first commercially successful engine that could transmit continuous power to a machine was the atmospheric engine, invented by Thomas Newcomen around 1712.[b]