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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 ...

Mark Miodownik shows a working model of a steam engine originally made the blacksmith Thomas Newcomen in 1712. These early steam engines produced a vacuum to generate power and were commonly used ...

Steam trains were one of the most powerful ... hanging on its sides — the largest that you will find in any engine made and ...

The invention of the steam engine. videoThe invention of the steam ... George Stephenson building upon the first steam locomotive invented by Richard Trevithick.