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 ...

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 ...

Although the paddle wheel antedates the Christian era, the earliest recorded attempt to utilize steam to turn the paddle ... adapted for low pressures. The engine drove paddle wheels SitUated ...

Egyptology and natural history. This is an interactive sectional model of double-acting steam engine. The valve allows high-pressure steam to act alternately on both faces of the piston.

But when looking over all of train history, even the Big ... The most powerful steam locomotive is indeed an impressive ...

Of late years the attention of inventors has been di-rf S,ed to the application of steam to the suction and forcing of water in fire engines ; and many powerful fire engines worked exclusively by ...

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 ...

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 ...