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 ...

(Robert Martin/) The four-stroke spark-ignition internal combustion engine, invented by Nikolaus Otto in 1876 ... high winds uproot trees and blew Dorothy and Toto to Oz. In the steam engine—which had ...

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 ...

That which Watt did for the steam engine when lie invented the condenser, some engineer of our own time can do by improving the boiler. As it is necessary to apply heat for the generation of steam ...

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 ...

Luther R. Taught, of Macon, Georgia, has invented a very ingenious and original improvement for regulating the speed of steam engines, by cutting off the steam in the steam box when it exceeds the ...

When your steam engine build requires multiple microscopes, including those of the scanning electron variety, you know you’re building something really, really tiny. All of the usual tiny ...

History was made in 1804 when Cornish inventing pioneer Richard Trevithick's engine moved on tracks under its own steam. "It was a moment that changed the world forever," said TV historian Dan Snow.

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 ...

Michael Mosley, Cassie Newland and Mark Miodownik describe the scientific achievements of Richard Trevithick. In 1801 he built the first steam locomotive. An explanation of mechanics of this ...