The introduction of several advanced, efficient, and more robust power options over the years has largely overshadowed steam engine technology. However, it was a revolutionary technology that ...

Which is faster—the steam or electric locomotive? On the face of the latest returns, the “juice” seems to have it. At Erie, Pa., last week a speed of 105 miles an hour was attained over a ...

A steam-powered factory must have been awe-inspiring. The mechanical power came from a single massive steam engine, which turned a central steel drive shaft that ran along the length of the factory.

Before the steam engine can be called an economical power, our modern system of boilers must be immensely improved, or an entirely new system of applying the heat to the water must be contrived.

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 ...

We had no idea that what’s needed to convert an internal combustion engine to steam power is actually rather trivial. [David Nash] shows us how it’s done by performing the alterations on the ...

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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 Mark Miodownik shows a working model of a steam engine originally made the blacksmith Thomas ...

From using coal to power steam engines to using clean energy from renewable sources to move trains, railways have not stopped improving since being invented. The railway system has grown to meet ...