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 ...

By contrast, the steam engines that preceded the internal combustion engines and electric trains of today were anything but small and subtle. The Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer ...

We mean James Watt, the great improver of the steam engine—that wonderful motor which has not inaptly been called tfce iron apostle of civilization. This is not his natal day fcut it is the ...

These two geniuses were the first to transfer heat energy into useable power using steam engines. Mark Miodownik shows a working model of a steam engine originally made the blacksmith Thomas ...

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 ...

The Milwaukee County Zoo is parting ways with its steam engines to make way for new diesel engine locomotives that are ...

The plates have been sent to Spa Valley Railway to be reattached to the Newstead A steam engine built in 1929 will have its original name plates reattached after they were found by auctioneers ...

Dickens isn't working a "usual" job, nor is it any other day on the job: He's the engineer for the world's largest steam engine. He spent several months taking the machine on a cross-country tour, ...