America's first patent statutes date to the 18th century, when steam engines and cotton gins were cutting-edge. It’s little ...

A gentleman from Old Typerwriters and Calculators demonstrated a James Watt Copying press from 1780, known to be the first ...

the sky-high sauna of Ari and Jari Lehtinen serves as a literal and figurative high point in the country's long-standing relationship with steam and relaxation.

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 ...

Many theories have tried to explain when and where the wheel and axle were first invented. A new study examines a relatively recent theory that miners in the Carpathian Mountains created the first ...

The National Railway Museum has sent RailAdvent an update on Flying Scotsman, with the locomotive currently based at Locomotion at Shildon. The museum says that they are working with Northern Steam ...

Union Pacific’s Big Boy No. 4014 – the iconic, one-million-pound steam locomotive – made a stop in Denver Wednesday morning, and Airtracker7 was overhead. DENVER — Union Pacific’s Big Boy No. 4014 – ...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The world's largest steam engine is scheduled to depart Colorado for Wyoming Wednesday morning. Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014 will depart from Denver Union Station back to ...

Those wishing to see Big Boy No. 4014, the world’s largest operating steam locomotive, will have their chance Wednesday in Greeley. The popular train will be on public display during its whistle ...

The early polygraph machine was considered the most scientific way to detect deception—but that was a myth Susan Saulny John Larson's original polygraph, a gift to the Smithsonian from the ...