From this we trace the invention of the separate condenser that improvement in the steam engine, which at once saved two-thirds of the fuel formerly required and rendered the steam engine the King ...

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 ...

Michael Mosley, Cassie Newland and Mark Miodownik describe the scientific achievements of Thomas Newcomen and James Watt. These two geniuses were the first to transfer heat energy into useable ...

That which Watt did for the steam engine when lie invented the condenser, some engineer of our own time can do by improving the boiler. As it is necessary to apply heat for the generation of steam ...

The need to accurately measure power and determine how much work a machine was capable of doing came about as a result of the development of the steam engine. James Watt, a Scottish inventor who had ...

"The developments of Stephenson and all other railway innovations stand on the shoulders of Trevithick, who invented the first steam engine which could move itself and draw a load." It was one of ...

Think about how mind-shattering it would have been to see something like Hero’s Engine, the first known example of a steam turbine ... may not have actually been invented by Greek mathemetician ...

The solar industry has come of age, developing into a technology that is rapidly replacing coal, oil, and natural gas ...

If Hero — the ancient Greek inventor — had been able to enjoy a beer after work, he might have pulled a trick like [BevCanTech] did: use it to create a simple steam engine. Of course ...

Medical students should consider how AI could change the work physicians do (and get paid for) when choosing specialties.

Invention had entered on a new era ... We meet in brilliant succession, it is true, with the steam-engine, the steamboat, the telegraph, vulcanized rubber, the ice machine, Bessemer steel ...

Michael Mosley, Cassie Newland and Mark Miodownik describe the scientific achievements of Richard Trevithick. In 1801 he built the first steam locomotive. An explanation of mechanics of this ...