TPUK 1997 Number 3 Volume 3

Paine's testing the explosive power of gunpowder harnessed to an engine designed to drive paddles on a boat. This 'internal combustion engine' was not a success.

Thomas Paine’s Interest In Matters Scientific

Thomas Paine Society UK, TPUK 1997 Number 3 Volume 3

Although Thomas Paine is best known for his role as a revolutionary, political and social reformer and biblical critic, like many of his circle of friends and acquaintances he had a passionate interest in science, or, as it was then termed, natural philosophy.

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