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Mark Miodownik shows a working model of a steam engine originally made the blacksmith Thomas Newcomen in 1712.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 ...

Watt, when he invented the condenser, made, we might well sa,yj the last great improvement m the steam engine. Since his time the boiler has been changed, tubular boilers have been introduced ...

To see a sphere whizzing about trailing plumes of steam while flames licked ... far from such an experience. The engine, also known as an aeolopile, was made by the crew over at [Make It Extreme ...

Steam trains were one of the most powerful ... Made for the Duluth, Missabe, and Iron Range Railway, its engine produced ...

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Volunteers have now announced a star appearance for the gala celebrations on 16 and 17 March, as Britain's newest steam engine - 6880 Betton Grange - is set to make its maiden voyage on the ...

The steam-powered engine at Stretham – and other areas ... It could lift between 120 and 150 tonnes of water each minute, making it an effective weapon in the fight against flooding.