To see a sphere whizzing about trailing plumes of steam while flames licked ... but seeing a modern replica of Hero’s Engine built and tested probably isn’t too far from such an experience.

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The best modern engines show, by the indicator cards, between 60 and 90 per cent of the theoretical effect of the steam ; in all cases the figures vary in proportion as care is exercised'in ...

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James Watt (1736-1819) is shown devising a major improvement to Glasgow University's inefficient Newcomen steam engine, an enhancement which he patented in 1769. Watt’s improved steam engine was more ...

Some factory owners did replace steam engines with electric motors, drawing clean and modern power from a nearby generating station. But given the huge investment this involved, they were often ...

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 ...

There are plenty of modern initiatives designed to fight floods, but a previous generation's flood measures are still visible in one Fenland village. The Stretham Old Engine is a steam-powered ...

Britain, like much of the modern world, has been shaped by transport ... Perhaps it’s also because a railway engine, steam ones in particular, are probably the closest we’ve ever come to ...