Isaac Potter
Isaac Potter (baptized February 17, 1690 in Chaddesley Corbett , Worcestershire , England; † February 18, 1735 in Windschacht near Schemnitz ) an English engineer and designer working in Austria .
In 1722, together with Joseph Emanuel Fischer von Erlach, in Königsberg near Schemnitz in what was then Hungary (today: Slovakia), he built the first " fire engine ", a Newcomer atmospheric steam engine on the European continent that was used in mining and pumped water out of the mountain. This has become known under the name of the Potter fire machine .
The Leipzig mechanic Jacob Leupold describes it in the Theatrum machinarum hydraulicum as follows: “According to the news there, it seems to have come about in 1722 or 1723. She used three fathoms of wood a day, and in 25 sets of tubes 6 inches in diameter and 4 fathoms in height, she lifted the water 14 times in one minute 6 shoes. The pressure of the air column on the piston was calculated to be 111 cents. "
See also
Web links
- Isaac Potter at Grace's Guide to British Industrial History (English)
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| SURNAME | Potter, Isaac |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English engineer and designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | baptized February 17, 1690 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chaddesley Corbett , Worcestershire , England |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 18, 1735 |
| Place of death | Wind shaft near Schemnitz |