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 ...

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These early steam engines produced a vacuum to generate ... Nicephore Niepce A description of the major scientific invention of the first photograph by Nicephore Niepce in 1826.

The first steam powered vehicle to run on a British road.William Murdock was a brilliant Scottish engineer and inventor ... him as an erector of steam engines in Cornwall, pumping water from ...

Before the age of the modern automobile, an inventor in Racine named Reverend Dr. John Wesley Carhart designed and operated ...

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