Heron, the great inventor of Alexandria, described in detail what is thought to be the first working steam engine. He called it an aeolipile, or "wind ball". His design was a sealed caldron of water ...

Model steam engines have intrigued hackers and makers for over 100 years. Many of us have seen old steam engine models up for sale at garage sales and various internet auction sites. The problem ...

The event included tractor pulls, sawmill demonstrations, molasses-making, tours of historical buildings and more.

When your steam engine build requires multiple microscopes, including those of the scanning electron variety, you know you’re building something really, really tiny. All of the usual tiny ...

Something is obscure in the history of the rotary engine ... engineer James Watt based his design on previous models of steam ...

Our readers are well informed in the history of the attempts which have been made to substitute air for steam as an expansive agent in engines. With the commencement of these efforts the name of Capt.

The world’s largest operating steam engine, Big Boy No. 4014, made a stop at E Commerce St. Crossing in Mexia as part of the ...

Two Wisconsin maritime historians discovered the John Evenson steam tug about five miles northeast of Algoma, Wisconsin.

These early steam engines produced a vacuum to generate power ... This clip will be relevant for teaching Physics and History. This topic appears in OCR, Edexcel, AQA, WJEC KS4/GCSE in England ...

The Kew Bridge Steam Museum in London has the largest working Cornish Steam Engine in the World. It was actually built for the site to pump water to West London and started work on the 30th May 1846.

For the 28th annual Harvest Festival, hosted by the Legacy of the Plains Museum, locals and visitors gathered to pick potatoes, learn more about the featured sugar beet and even ...

Its history extends backwards for thousands of ... and to produce a rotary motion by its re-action on the atmosphere.1 rotary steam engine. These three modes of applying steam are illustrated ...