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That which Watt did for the steam engine when lie invented the condenser, some engineer of our own time can do by improving the boiler. As it is necessary to apply heat for the generation of steam ...

These early steam engines produced a vacuum to generate ... He developed this idea in 1765 to include a separate condenser making the engine more powerful, portable and efficient.