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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The heated body of air expands, becoming wind. We know this is an “engine”—a device capable of doing work—because high winds uproot trees and blew Dorothy and Toto to Oz. In the steam engine—which had ...

An immense amount of time and money has been expended upon new and ingenious cut-offs for steam engines. Each in its turn, as it was brought before the public, was supposed to excel its ...

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 ...

This is a Mamod TE1a steam traction engine made by Malins engineers limited, Birmingham England, Circa 1972 I have collected toy steam engines for thirty years and this Mamod traction engine forms ...

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 ...

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 ...