Cincinnati’s first steam-powered fire engine exploded during a public demonstration, killing the operator. It made national news when Cincinnati’s first steam-powered fire engine, the Uncle Joe Ross, ...

A steam engine is a pure illustration of the principle of form following function. "It's really a very simple set of equations," he said. "All the physics-in- action descriptions you ever saw are ...

E is a rotary engine, constructed on the plan of Holly's patent, as shown in our former illustration. F is a rotary pump, also constructed aft0r the plan of Holly's patent.

Step rearing Curtis steam engine diagram National Museum of American History. Object Details. sova.nmah.ac.1013_ref5836 GUID https ... Steam Boilers / 1.15.12: Turbines Date undated Container Box 74, ...

An engine indicator is an instrument for graphically recording the cylinder pressure versus piston displacement through an engine stroke cycle. Engineers use the resulting diagram to check the design ...

The accompanying illustration represents an ingenious rotary engine, which we have copied, and translated the description from Dingler's Polytechnic Journal published at Augsburg, Germany.

Simplified diagram of the Cyclone steam engine. Steam engines. For most of us, they conjure images of horseless buggies, paddle ships and classic locomotives, ...

Once, steam engines powered everything from trains to farm machinery or even road vehicles. But, as technology scampered ahead with the passage of time, they became the preserve of eccentric ...

Greek engineer Hero of Alexandria designs the first steam engine; it has a pedestal, an altar, and a rotating ball—but no practical use. French inventor Denis Papin builds a cooker that traps ...