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Hero, a Greek scientist in Alexandria, devises various forms of steam engine      
1690
 
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The French scientist Denis Papin, while professor of mathematics at Marburg, develops the first steam engine to use a piston       
1698
 
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Thomas Savery creates the first practical steam engine, designed to pump water out of mines