James Watt's inventions meant that the steam engine became much more economical to use and thus he helped to set in motion the Industrial Revolution.

To see a sphere whizzing about trailing plumes of steam ... the industrial revolution two millennia early boggles the mind. And while we’ve seen far, far simpler versions of Hero’s Engine ...

Before this weaving was cottage industry but the steam engines developed by Newcomen and Watt drove the industrial revolution forward. People were no longer the providers of energy and could now ...

Britain's oldest working standard gauge steam locomotive, Furness 20 (built in 1863), is set to visit Tanfield Railway this ...