Thomas Newcomen , an Englishman, did that in 1712.

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Stalwarts of the industrial revolution such as Thomas Newcomen, a West Country engineer, rub shoulders with John Locke, a political philosopher, and Edward Coke, a lawyer and jurist who did much to shape the common-law traditions of intellectual property.

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The Eureka moment has given way to a more gradual evolution of ideas as global teams of both scientists and engineers replace the often isolated and lucky inventions of the likes of Thomas Newcomen, James Joule and Michael Faraday, he states.

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