This means the quality of the model is only as good as the original owner’s machining and fabrication skills. [Keith Appleton] is something of a steam engine expert. In this pair of videos ...

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 ...

Unlike the trolley, the steam engine was an original part of the building, Kenney told NBC4. The machinery was used to pump ...

To see a sphere whizzing about trailing plumes of steam while flames ... great pains to make the engine safe, with relief valves and a pressure gauge that the original couldn’t have included.

The Parkersburg City Park holds a plethora of history, but two pieces in particular are being restored. First, the 1906 ...

At the end of the downward stroke, the steam pressure is released and the steam cylinder piston returns to its original position ... working Cornish Steam Engine in the World.

Luther R. Taught, of Macon, Georgia, has invented a very ingenious and original improvement for regulating the speed of steam engines, by cutting off the steam in the steam box when it exceeds the ...