Michael Mosley, Cassie Newland and Mark Miodownik describe the scientific achievements of Thomas Newcomen and James Watt. These two geniuses were the first to transfer heat energy into useable ...

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 ...

From this we trace the invention of the separate condenser that improvement in the steam engine, which at once saved two-thirds of the fuel formerly required and rendered the steam engine the King ...

Prior to this the steam locomotive had started a revolution. Richard Trevithick’s design had a boiler but this was removed to make the internal combustion engine. The German inventor Nicklaus ...

He left hehind him a record of his inventions, in ill " r ... a rotary motion by its re-action on the atmosphere.1 rotary steam engine. These three modes of applying steam are illustrated by ...

The highly efficient patent was given the non-efficient name "A New Invented Method of Lessening the Consumption of Steam and Fuel in Fire Engines." As this redesign began to garner attention from ...

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

America’s first patent statutes date to the 18th century, when steam engines and cotton gins were cutting-edge. The law that defines what inventions are patentable was written in 1793, and its ...

For example, the invention of the steam engine and spinning jenny ushered in the Industrial Revolution. World trade and gross domestic product went up, but at the same time, there was oppression ...

If Hero — the ancient Greek inventor — had been able to enjoy a beer after work, he might have pulled a trick like [BevCanTech] did: use it to create a simple steam engine. Of course ...