Nathan Read

Nathan Read
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 10th district
In office
November 25, 1800 – March 3, 1803
Preceded bySamuel Sewall
Succeeded bySeth Hastings
Personal details
Born(1759-07-02)July 2, 1759
Western, Massachusetts Bay, British America (now Warren, Massachusetts)
DiedJanuary 20, 1849(1849-01-20) (aged 89)
Belfast, Maine, U.S.
PartyFederalist
Alma materHarvard University
OccupationEngineer
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Nathan Read (July 2, 1759 – January 20, 1849) was an American engineer and steam pioneer.

Nathan Read was the true inventor of the high-pressure steam engine in 1789, this was twelve years before the steam-engine was known to be used in the form of a high-pressure engine, and led a great revolution in steam power to navigation and land-transport.

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