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 ...

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 ...

Think about how mind-shattering it would have been to see something like Hero’s Engine, the first known example of a steam turbine. To see a sphere whizzing about trailing plumes of steam while ...

Once, steam engines powered everything from trains to farm machinery or even road vehicles. But, as technology scampered ahead with the passage of time, they became the preserve of eccentric ...

The Stretham Old Engine is a steam-powered engine once used to fight floods in the area. The engine dates back to 1831, when it was built on the banks of the River Great Ouse at a cost of £4,950 ...

A 1930s steam engine which was bought for £50 in 1950, has been sold at auction for £911,000. The Lion was one of four showman's road locomotives built by agricultural engineers Fowler for the ...

St Mary's Mill pictured in Chalford played a huge part in Stroud's history as a woollen mill. One of the most picturesque mills in the Stroud Valleys is St Mary’s in Chalford. Built like a diminutive ...