Assertion: steam engine's cylinder | /r/MadeOf | piston
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text: Steam is produced by a boiler in the engine, which is then sent into a cylinder that contains a piston onto which the steam puts pressure until it moves and in turn moves the machinery attached to it.
text: The first major innovation of Watt's was to include a separate condenser so that the steam didn't have to be cooled in the same cylinder that contained the piston.
text: Newcomen replaced the receiving vessel (where the steam was condensed) with a cylinder containing a piston based on Papin's design.
text: Because the condensing chamber is separate from the working cylinder containing the piston, condensation takes place with very little loss of heat from the cylinder.