Think about how mind-shattering it would have been to see something like Hero’s Engine, the first known example of a steam turbine. To see a sphere whizzing about trailing plumes of steam while ...

We had no idea that what’s needed to convert an internal combustion engine to steam power is actually rather trivial. [David Nash] shows us how it’s done by performing the alterations on the ...

Nordberg steam engines, which had powered massive cane crushers, pumps and other equipment in the sugar mills, were purchased “for a dollar deal” from the Kula estate of Laurence “Baron ...

The steam cylinder piston goes down under the pressure of steam and differences in atmospheric pressure created by the partial vacuum beneath the piston. The beam, powered by the cylinder piston ...