However, steam engines had their own set of shortcomings ... The valve, in turn, is controlled by a cam, which leads to the engine working on both strokes of the engine instead of one.

Everything you’d associate with a steam engine is there, but just barely. The tooling needed to accomplish this feat is pretty impressive too. [Chronova] are no strangers to precision work ...

A group of mostly volunteers are working to overhaul Abilene and Smoky Valley Railroad's steam locomotive, the only ...

Check out this real working mini mill steam engine that powers a street light generator!#SteamEngine #MiniMill #StreetLightGenerator Stefanik nomination withdrawal catches some GOP lawmakers by ...

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 ...

The speed of the engine is regulated ... of metal placed to fit and work on the back of the slide valve, which is furnished with certain openings through which the steam must pass into the ...

The Kew Bridge Steam Museum in London has the largest working Cornish Steam Engine in the World. It was actually built for the site to pump water to West London and started work on the 30th May 1846.

As the liquid turns to gaseous nitrogen at around -196 C, [The Action Lab] figured that it could be used to propel a simple steam engine at room temperature. Testing this out had amusing results.

These two geniuses were the first to transfer heat energy into useable power using steam engines. Mark Miodownik shows a working model of a steam engine originally made the blacksmith Thomas ...

either in its power of adapting the exact quantity of steam used to the work to be done, or its instantaneous acrion. The best modern engines show, by the indicator cards, between 60 and 90 per ...