Invention Timeline - Samuel Morey, American Inventor; Patented a Revolving Steam Engine
b. October 23, 1762 and d. April 17, 1843
American inventor. He patented a revolving steam engine July 14, 1815. On March 25, 1795 a patent was issued to him for a steam engine, the power being applied by crank motion to propel boats of any size.
Ah! who ever thinks of the bold engineer,
As he stands by his weapon of steel,
And spurs on a steed to its maddened career,
In a thundering and ponderous reel?
Through the daylight, into the night, dark, dark,
He knows no affright, o’er ridges and bridges,
decayed or strong,
How god-like he stands as he rushes along!
Who thinks of the bold engineer?
—The Engineer
But pent and caged, unknowing
Which way the fight incline,
I keep my engines going
Beneath the water-line.
No praise or blame to spur me
In this my hour of trial,
I stand and grip the lever,
I stand and watch the dial.
—J. H. K. Adkin
214—Grist mills were in use in Ireland.
1078—Tide mills were in use in Venice.
Morley Fletcher first constructed large wave-motors for the utilization of the rising and falling of the waves.
1840—Jearum Atkins devised a water-wheel planned to absorb the momentum of moving stream.
