Assertion: steam engine | /r/HasProperty | invented by thomas newcomen
Facets:
value: originally
type: MANNER
value: in 1712
type: TEMPORAL
value: in 1705
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: They were first invented by Thomas Newcomen in 1705, and James Watt (who we remember each time we talk about "60-watt light bulbs" and the such) made big improvements to steam engines in 1769.
text: Up to this time such steam engines were of the condensing or atmospheric type, originally invented by Thomas Newcomen in 1712, which also became known as low-pressure engines.