The first steam engine ship, Diana, was launched on July 12, 1863, and became one of the earliest instances of a ...

The Houghton County Historical Society has restored and recertified the Calumet & Hecla Mine #3 Steam Locomotive. Visitors ...

Pioneers like Thomas Newcomen and James Watt created ever-improving steam engines.  Over time, horses fell by the wayside as people took to this new mode of transportation. Railroads began ...

Most people believe that Thomas Savery, a British engineer, was the one who invented the steam engine that later led to the Industrial Revolution. But is that really true? Who was the real ...

Scottish inventor James Watt was the source for a number of massive innovations in engines, energy, and science as a whole during his lifetime.

Cincinnati’s steam fire engine was not the first; other inventors had produced steam-powered fire engines decades earlier. Cincinnati’s first steam-powered fire engine exploded during a public ...

John Ericsson believed the sun's power could make nations wealthy without fossil fuels. The American Swedish Historical Museum houses his prototype.

Michael Mosley, Cassie Newland and Mark Miodownik describe the major scientific invention of the steam engine originally by Thomas Newcomen and then adapted by James Watt.

Part 1: The rotary engine’s origin story and how Mazda became synonymous with the unique combustion engine. From the June 2010 issue of Modified magazine.

The diesel engine took the automotive world by storm, powering everything from cars to industrial machinery. The first patent came at the end of the 1800s.