Person

Nathan Read

American engineer and steam pioneer

b. 1759 CE – d. 1849 CE World The North Atlantic Lands

Nathan Read (July 2, 1759 – January 20, 1849) is an American engineer and steam pioneer.

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