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American settlers had little use for oil. In the 1840s, Americans began using kerosene to light lamps after the Canadian geologist Abraham Gesner discovered how to distill the fuel from oil or coal. It wasnât until 1859, however, when Edwin L. Drakesuccessfully used a steam engine to drill for oil near Titusville, Pennsylvania, that removing oil from beneath the earthâs surface became practical. This breakthrough started an oil boom that spread to Kentucky, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, and, later, Texas. Petroleum-reï¬ning industries arose in Cleveland and Pittsburgh as entrepreneurs rushed to transform the oil into kerosene. Gasoline, a byproduct of the reï¬ning process, originally was thrown away.
The high consumption of coal which was common in Newcomenâs steam engine was reduced through innovations in engine design by James Watt. The low pressure engineâs cylinder contained heat insulation, a separate condenser, and a pumping out mechanism for condensed water.he basic principle on which the initial steam engines worked on was âcondensation of water vapor to create a vacuumâ. Thomas Savery and the First Industrial Engines. Thomas Savery was the first person to invent a steam pump for the purpose of pumping out water in 1698.