1712
1712 is the year the first commercially successful steam engine was installed.
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Where 1712 fits
Why 1712 is special
Newcomen's engine pumped water out of mines, burning enormous quantities of coal to do it — practical only at a colliery where fuel cost nothing to transport. Watt's improvements sixty years later removed that restriction.
Factors & digit properties
- Divisors (10)
- 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 107, 214, 428, 856, 1712
- Prime factorisation
- 2^4 × 107
- Digit sum
- 11
- Digital root
- 2
Representations
- Decimal
- 1712
- Binary
- 11010110000
- Octal
- 3260
- Hexadecimal
- 6b0
- Roman numeral
- MDCCXII
- Scientific notation
- 1.712 × 10^3
Other mathematical patterns
- Deficient number
Related numbers & connections
Newcomen's engine of 1712 worked only where coal was free; Watt's separate condenser in 1769 made steam power economic anywhere. Sixty years separate the demonstration from the general technology.
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The Newcomen engine of 1712 worked and was extraordinarily inefficient, which limited it to coal mines where fuel was already underfoot. Steam power spread beyond the pithead only after Watt made it cheap enough to run anywhere.
DocumentedTechnology & computingGeography: EnglandPeriod: 1712
Common questions
Is 1712 a prime number?
No, 1712 is not prime.
What are the factors of 1712?
The factors of 1712 are 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 107, 214, 428, 856, 1712.
What is 1712 in Roman numerals?
1712 in Roman numerals is MDCCXII.
About this page's data
Mathematical facts:computed directly from the number's value — nothing to source or verify externally.
Contextual records: 1 reviewer-confirmed record, sourced and reviewed before publication.
Last reviewed: 3 August 2026