Editing Scientific Revolution (section)

===Industrial machines===
[[File:Savery-engine.jpg|upright|thumb|The 1698 ''[[Thomas Savery|Savery Engine]]'' was the first successful [[steam engine]].]]

[[Denis Papin]] was best known for his pioneering invention of the [[steam digester]], the forerunner of the [[steam engine]].<ref>{{Cite ODNB|id=21249|title=Papin, Denis}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=DK|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4M01NTdvu3kC&q=%22Steam+digester%22+%22papin%22+%22steam+engine%22&pg=PA106|title=Engineers: From the Great Pyramids to the Pioneers of Space Travel|date=16 April 2012|publisher=Penguin|isbn=978-1-4654-0682-8|pages=106|language=en|access-date=18 November 2020|archive-date=2 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240102074010/https://books.google.com/books?id=4M01NTdvu3kC&q=%22Steam+digester%22+%22papin%22+%22steam+engine%22&pg=PA106#v=snippet&q=%22Steam%20digester%22%20%22papin%22%20%22steam%20engine%22&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref> The first working steam engine was patented in 1698 by the English inventor [[Thomas Savery]], as a "...new invention for raising of water and occasioning motion to all sorts of mill work by the impellent force of fire, which will be of great use and advantage for drayning mines, serveing townes with water, and for the working of all sorts of mills where they have not the benefitt of water nor constant windes."<ref name=jenkins>{{cite book | last = Jenkins | first = Rhys | title = Links in the History of Engineering and Technology from Tudor Times | publisher = Ayer Publishing | year = 1936 | pages = 66 | isbn = 978-0-8369-2167-0}}</ref> The invention was demonstrated to the Royal Society on 14 June 1699, and the machine was described by Savery in his book ''The Miner's Friend; or, An Engine to Raise Water by Fire'' (1702),<ref>{{cite book | last = Savery | first = Thomas | author-link = Thomas Savery | title = The Miner's Friend: Or, an Engine to Raise Water by Fire | publisher = S. Crouch | year = 1827 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=v_-yJ5c5a98C | access-date = 7 November 2015 | archive-date = 2 January 2024 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240102074106/https://books.google.com/books?id=v_-yJ5c5a98C | url-status = live }}</ref> in which he claimed that it could pump water out of mines. [[Thomas Newcomen]] perfected the practical steam engine for pumping water, the [[Newcomen atmospheric engine|Newcomen steam engine]]. Consequently, Newcomen can be regarded as a forefather of the Industrial Revolution.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/newcomen_thomas.shtml Thomas Newcomen (1663–1729)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191224060234/http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/newcomen_thomas.shtml |date=24 December 2019 }}, BBC – History</ref>

[[Abraham Darby I]] was the first, and most famous, of three generations of the Darby family who played an important role in the Industrial Revolution. He developed a method of producing high-grade iron in a [[blast furnace]] fueled by [[Coke (fuel)|coke]] rather than [[charcoal]]. This was a major step forward in the production of iron as a raw material for the Industrial Revolution.