Applied ThermodynamicsApplied Thermodynamics is a scholarly work, published in 1891 in ''Nature''. The main subjects of the publication include engineering, excuse, work, iron and steel industry, thermodynamics, steam engine, scope, and philosophy. DOI 10.1038/045172A0Related Works Power from Steam: A History of the Stationary Steam Engine William Wheelright and Early Steam Navigation in the Pacific 1820-1840 Thomas Newcomen (1664–1729) and the first recorded steam engine Thomas Newcomen's First Steam Engine 250 Years Ago and the Initial Development of Steam Power