| 单词 | steam engine |
| 例句 | He squinted at me, his long beard quivering as he slowed to a stop, huffing like a steam engine. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z The Hogwarts Express, a gleaming scarlet steam engine, was already there, clouds of steam billowing from it, through which the many Hogwarts students and parents on the platform appeared like dark ghosts. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He also invented something called the “gunpowder engine,” which influenced the development of another machine, the steam engine. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The differences extend to most other significant technological advances, from printing presses to glass and steam engines. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z In order to understand steam engines it may be helpful to think about methods of making coffee. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z For instance, we are regularly told, “James Watt invented the steam engine in 1769,” supposedly inspired by watching steam rise from a teakettle’s spout. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Their water was supplied by the condensation from steam engines from nearby factories and so was cleaner and warmer. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Bull was breathing as though steam engines were working his lungs, his lips were flecked with dried saliva, and sweat was pouring off his body. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Between the recognition that the Torricellian tube is a pressure gauge and the invention of the atmospheric steam engine there was no intervention of an extraneous factor. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The steam engine was the product of seventeenth-century science, which had experimented with vacuums, and with air and steam pressure. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The first great, practical achievement of the new science was Newcomen’s steam engine of 1712—the very engine Swift was presumably mocking when he complained about mills being built where there were no rivers. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z A scarlet steam engine was waiting next to a platform packed with people. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z As I headed into the trees, the high-pitched whistle of a steam engine carried on the wind, harsh and plaintive as a screecher’s call. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The cylinder, like the piston of Newcomen’s steam engine, has a number of valves and inlets which open and close with the action of the piston. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Our puzzle is that we have Newcomen in Dartmouth in or around 1698, and we can see no way in which knowledge of the steam engine can reach him. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Some are technologies, for instance the steam engine. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z "And an airplane, and a TV set," said Ralph sourly, "and a steam engine." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z After all, Sadi Carnot finally produced a satisfactory theory of the steam engine only in 1824, more than a hundred years after Newcomen’s first engine, and sixty years after Watt’s. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z South, and James Watt’s 1769 invention of his steam engine to solve the problem of pumping water out of British coal mines. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Nor was there anything new about working with models: Desaguliers was building model steam engines by the 1720s, and he was surely not the first. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z When a train heaved across it, the black steam engine swollen to bursting like the boiler at the laundry, the birds flew up like Halloween. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He followed her, staggered a little on landing, then straightened up in time to see the gleaming scarlet steam engine pick up speed, round the corner, and disappear from view. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z A powerful steam engine had arrived at the fire and had simply removed Anderson’s hose from its water plug. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z But the crucial modern inventions depend on prior scientific discoveries: in the case of the steam engine, Boyle’s law. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z As if on cue, a steam engine chugged through the hills just west of us. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z A chain weighing twenty thousand pounds connected a sprocket on the axle to sprockets driven by twin thousand-horsepower steam engines. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He was now bursting with so much energy that he would be called a “steam engine in trousers.” Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z He does not say what sort of ‘engines’ were employed, but Swift surely had in mind the first steam engines, which were generally used for raising water. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He came at Hugo like a steam engine, seizing the boy by the arm. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z If he read him, Newcomen had only to put two and two together in exactly the way Papin was to go on to do to have the basic design of a steam engine. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It’s sort of like a train but without tracks, and the driver sits in his own protected car up front with the stove that heats the steam engine. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z In his mind’s eye Harry seemed to see the scarlet steam engine as he and Ron had once followed it by air, shimmering between fields and hills, a rippling scarlet caterpillar. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He has seen a steam engine at work. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z This was, in other words, an adaptation of his atmospheric steam engine, or rather a reversion to his earlier plan for a wind-gun powered by atmospheric pressure. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z But there is no sign of Papin working on an atmospheric steam engine after 1704, or of news of the version of his engine recorded by North being disseminated. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The steam engine did not make the Industrial Revolution inevitable, but it did make it possible. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Stanton later recalled that when it came to running the meeting, she and her friends “felt as helpless and hopeless as if they had been suddenly asked to construct a steam engine.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The engine is simple because, like Papin’s first steam engine of 1690, it consists of a single cylinder powered by atmospheric pressure only. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The key closed an electric circuit that activated the Electro-Automatic Engine Stop and Starter attached to the giant three-thousand-horsepower Allis steam engine at the Machinery Building. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z From this unintended encounter, I believe, the steam engine was born. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z In some cases this is obvious: a kite won’t help me understand how a bird flies, or a steam engine how a muscle works. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z In the twenty years between 1687 and 1707 he worked towards the construction of a viable steam engine, but in the end he failed. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Still, when the train came into view, steam engine hissing, pistons hammering, Fannie picked up her skirts and ran alongside the train cars, shouting at the men inside. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z He wanted to go to see Dollywood, which is a big theme park with roller coasters and a steam engine. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Scattered among them were armies of tin soldiers, steam engines, and sailing ships with carved sailors—and in the middle of this chaos sat a boy. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z The steam engine Nashville that would pull the Lincoln funeral train from Washington, D.C., to Springfield, Illinois. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z He had applied to Congress for a patent on a steam engine he’d made to run a boat. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z First, he began work on his steam engine around the same time as Savery began work on his, so no later than 1698. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It provides the reader with the line of thinking that led Papin to the invention of the steam engine. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z What he lacked of course was a suitable power source: he tried to imagine an aeroplane powered by a steam engine, but the difficulties were obvious. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It is a source that historians of the steam engine have overlooked because it does not discuss steam engines. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z A steam engine whistled its deafening shriek, which completely drowned out all the other sounds of the station for a moment and made Hugo jump, as it always did. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z The steam engine had been nearly whisper-quiet, the hiss low enough that we didn’t attract a single shambler from the surrounding woods. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He worked on a steam engine in the railyard, and I watched him with fascination. Born in Mexico, the chef Eddie Hernandez now calls Atlanta home, where he breaks every cooking rule 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z Mesmerism, galvanism, electricity, steam engines, republicanism and commercial cabbage farming all swim into view, but in colours and combinations that you will not quite have seen before. Inconvenient People by Sarah Wise - review 2012-11-09T22:55:02Z "Seeing an old steam engine, with all of its noise, speed, thunder and smoke …" pondered Wolff, "well, that's really powerful." When that lonesome whistle blows, rail fans know where to line up 2011-03-23T20:53:00Z For by the word “thing” I mean not only a toothpick but also a steam engine. Man and Things 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z This expert working of metal is traced back to James Watt and his development of the steam engine. Under Modernity’s Hood: Precision Engineering 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z But coats and robes of buffalo were coming into vogue, and their demand grew rapidly with the arrival of the steam engine, according to “Fur, Fortune, and Empire.” A Black Legacy, Wrapped Up in Fur 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z We rode the train into Chicago, and Matt instructed me about the beauty of steam engines, those long-gone giants of transportation and his passion. Modern Love: A Love for the Ages, but Which One? 2011-05-12T21:31:23Z Most wonderfully, a grand, fully operational 66-ton, Victorian steam engine arrives at the play’s denouement. In Transit: Theater in the Tube: 'Railway' at Waterloo 2010-10-28T10:01:00Z Adding silicium parts to a mechanical movement is like spending millions in trying to increase the efficiency of steam engines in the 21st century.” Special Report: Watches: A New Material Gains in Fine Watchmaking 2010-03-19T15:50:00Z They helped me find my mum when I got lost at a vintage steam engine rally. The awkward years 2011-08-12T22:01:37Z The railways created the suburb, radicalised warfare and transformed agriculture; the steam engine was the foundation of the factory. It's fine to boost the arts, but we should first redefine them 2013-04-27T23:06:23Z Steel was the defining material of the Victorian era, allowing engineers to create suspension bridges, railways, steam engines and passenger liners. Mark Miodownik: an obsession with materials 2013-05-24T15:53:00Z “He was fascinated with technology that came out of America in the 19th century, like steam engines,” his son Daniel said. Richard Benson, Photographer and Printer, Dies at 73 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z For example, steam engines were invented in Britain, as was the locomotive. The Queen 2012-06-11T11:00:00Z “You can always build another steam engine,” he said, “but you can’t build another tiger.” David Shepherd, Who Both Painted and Preserved Wildlife, Dies at 86 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z Will their next album be played in television commercials and sold at Starbucks, or will they do something drastic like write a rock opera about the invention of the steam engine? Music Monday: The Decemberists' Long Live The King 2011-10-31T15:15:44Z He contrasts Britain with the Netherlands, France and China, and asks why none of those countries — all of which had plenty of scientists and inventors — developed a practical steam engine. 'The Most Powerful Idea in the World': the invention and ascension of steam power 2010-07-25T04:46:00Z As for the railways: it appears that people then were more excited by the steam engine than we in our time were by the aeroplane. Diana Athill: the book that inspired Danny Boyle's Olympics vision 2012-10-12T21:54:01Z James Watt and the Newcomen steam engine, on which his invention was based. From the archive, 21 August 1856: In praise of...scientists of the industrial age 2012-08-21T06:30:00Z Watt didn't invent the steam engine, but with his entrepreneur business partner Matthew Boulton he did improve its design so it generated vastly more power for a fraction of the fuel bill. Science Museum recreates James Watt's workshop 2011-03-23T10:29:17Z Making an exit, she looked like the front end of a steam engine. Fashion Review: Versatility, Sometimes a Little Too Much 2010-03-08T05:24:00Z He grunts and growls with occasional Chewbacca whinnies; he huffs like a mill owner, or like one of those steam engines of the Victorian age whose encroaching modernity makes Turner so uncomfortable. Cannes 2014: Mr Turner review – Timothy Spall plays artist JMW Turner with relish 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z Tubes began life in the late 1860s, with a short-lived subway under the Thames along which a single carriage with up to 12 passengers was cable-hauled by two stationary steam engines. London Underground at 150 - a birthday journey 2013-01-09T05:21:53Z In thermodynamics it denotes the amount of heat — wasted energy — inevitably produced by a steam engine, for example as it goes through its cycle of expansion and contraction. Just a Few Billion Years Left to Go 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z The technical instructions for assembly that often baffle us today presented equal difficulties in the 18th century, when the problem was not a flat-pack wardrobe but a towering, snorting steam engine. The Arts of Industry in the Age of?Enlightenment by Celina Fox | Book review 2010-03-20T00:06:00Z Another British steam engine was shipped over for the production. Going loco 2011-06-28T07:09:31Z He’s a creative steam engine that’s always moving on a track that never ends. David Bryne & St. Vincent Go Big with Love This Giant 2012-09-11T17:00:26Z In the picturesque Dandenong Ranges on the eastern outskirts of Melbourne, "Puffing Billy" is Australia's last full-time steam engine railway. Puffing Billy keeps Australian steam train history alive 2014-11-02T04:00:00Z In its early incarnation the train consisted of a steam engine that pulled two wooden cars, with separate compartments for men and women. Orhan Pamuk’s Istanbul 2014-01-31T18:45:16Z Canals are needed to move coal, rails to move steam engines and pipelines to carry natural gas — and Rhodes reveals how each required more ingenuity than commonly appreciated to materialize. A History of the Energy We Have Consumed 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z But as the steam engine gave way to the motorcar in the 1920s, the building found another new life: Thomas J. Crowell’s fuel and auto body shop. What’s a Wendy’s doing there? The story of Washington’s weirdest traffic circle. 2017-12-25T05:00:00Z He claims that there was a steady improvement in living standards after Watt invented the steam engine in 1763, brushing aside a century and a half of serious inquiry, much of which argues the opposite. Getting Better All the Time? 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z They record in Norfolk's Forncett Industrial Steam Museum and have been known to use the sound of steam engines and railway doors in recording. First sight: Goldheart Assembly 2010-03-18T23:30:00Z With hundreds of drawings, sketches, photo collages, videos and installations that include a life-size steam engine made of wood, "Goudemalion" traces the evolution of his exuberant style over the past six decades. Paris retrospective celebrates ad man Goude 2011-11-11T12:46:03Z A tiny steam engine has been electrified and fashioned to look as if it’s powering the ceiling fan. Cassandra Clare Created a Fantasy Realm and Aims to Maintain Her Rule 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z The steam engine brought larger boats, and larger locks too. From Montreal to Minnesota, by Inland Sea 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z We were at a crossroads again in 1913, when the American inventor Frank Shuman built a solar array to power steam engines in Egypt, with an eye toward using it to irrigate the desert. 'Cosmos' recap: Climate change is explained in 'The World Set Free' 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z Structuralists love the railroad: The development of the movie camera parallels that of the steam engine. On a New York Street, Windows Become Theaters for Ken Jacobs’s Films 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z Leno has steam engines and racing cars, 130 automobiles in total and 92 motorcycles. Stand-up guy: Mark Twain Prize recipient Jay Leno returns to his comedy roots Using steam engines to generate electricity and refining the technical work of many other scientists, Fessenden sent speech over a distance of one mile on December 23, 1900. We know about Edison, Bell and the Wright Brothers, but Fessenden? 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z Two steam engines silently chug in from either side, projected virtually life-size on a huge screen. Plight of immigrants brought to light in ambitious Tacoma Art Museum show 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z He was a Romantic artificer of worlds in motion, who saw before anyone else that the economy itself had the majesty of a mountain range, that a steam engine had the power of a riptide. J.M.W. Turner: The Romantic Turns Reformist 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z It's a particularly male enthusiasm, a bit like being steam engine fanatics – sometimes the same people are both. Gilbert and Sullivan make their mark on Buxton 2010-08-09T17:21:00Z When discussing pioneering steam engine and locomotive designer Richard Trevithick's work, Genius said "it was Stephenson who made it something really practical." How the BBC rewrote history to disrespect Leeds ... again 2013-02-04T17:10:13Z The locomotive — often described as the world’s most famous steam engine — was scheduled to run short trips this weekend from the station as part of its centenary celebrations. The Flying Scotsman locomotive collided with another train in Scotland. Several people were injured 2023-09-30T04:00:00Z Along with the steam engine, coal energy helped stimulate and sustain the Industrial Revolution. Pros & Cons Of Coal Energy 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z It acts like, well, cold water thrown on a pile of hot coals powering a steam engine, Emanuel said. What makes Idalia so potent? It’s feeding on intensely warm water that acts like rocket fuel 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z The fireboat fought decades of water-proximate fires, many with dramatic smoke plumes from the conflagrations and the fireboat’s aging steam engine. You can still get your hands on the deck of the Seattle fireboat Duwamish 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z He became heavily involved in restoring steam engines, receiving a Lifetime Achievement award from Prince Michael of Kent for his involvement with The Shamrock Trust, in Windermere, in 2013. Pisces III submersible: A dramatic underwater rescue 2013-08-29T04:00:00Z Named for its coal reserves that once fueled steam engines, Carbon County adopted an official seal in 2021 that features a wind turbine. Build begins on Wyoming-to-California power line amid growing wind power concern 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z Lacking coal to power steam engines, Egypt’s factories also could not rapidly produce enough goods to satisfy Egyptian demand. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z The first steam train puffed along the tracks in Darlington more than 50 years after the steam engine was patented by James Watt. AI creator on the risks, opportunities and how it may make humans 'boring' 2023-05-13T04:00:00Z Mr Stevens told BBC West some wagons were shifted by hand, while a steam engine manned by Great Western Railway staff moved others. Memorial to Savernake munitions disaster to be unveiled 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z The Ironton set sail and started its own auxiliary steam engine, but veered into the Ohio, a freighter loaded with 1,000 tons of flour. Long-lost shipwreck from 19th century confirmed in Lake Huron 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z “It’s important because they were trying to basically show the viability of a steam engine to make it across the pond,” he said. Flotsam found off New York may be from famous SS Savannah 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z At the beginning of the nineteenth century, Brazil had imported steam engines and developed facilities for sugar refining, coffee processing, and textile production. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Jay Leno was fixing a clogged fuel line in a vintage 1907 steam engine car when a fire erupted, burning his face, the comic said on the ‘Today’ show. Jay Leno broke bones in a recent motorcycle accident — and now his 'Garage' is canceled 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z The museum is known for offering train rides pulled by century-old steam engines and tours of the machine shop and engine house. Nevada rail museum cat who became an internet hit mourned 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z But the energy they ultimately unleashed — along with their fellow tinkerers on steam engines — made possible humanity’s greatest period of flourishing. Opinion | Historic advance in nuclear fusion is truly something to celebrate 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z The Savannah, a sailing ship outfitted with a 90-horsepower steam engine, traveled mainly under sail across the Atlantic, using steam power for 80 hours of the nearly month-long passage to Liverpool, England. Flotsam found off New York may be from famous SS Savannah 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z Water power had earlier replaced animal power, and steam engines fueled by burning coal had driven the machinery of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Divers discovered 1,000 tonnes of metal work including steam engines, wheels, ironworks, and other machinery. Shipwreck off Alderney identified as steamship Virago 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z Over the next six months I pedalled across the mountains of Yunnan, wandered the imperial palace in Beijing, and rode a train hauled by two soot-blackened steam engines far west into the deserts of Xinjiang. Xi Jinping's party is just getting started 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z Of the last, the most notable is the Discovery, a three-masted sailing vessel that also had a steam engine. In Scotland, a city’s world-class industrial past informs its present 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z The Savannah’s steam engine was removed and sold after the ship’s owners suffered losses in the Great Savannah Fire of 1820. Flotsam found off New York may be from famous SS Savannah 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z During the Industrial Revolution, factories increasingly relied on machine power, most importantly the steam engine. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z On Saturday Mr Oliver asked steam engine owners on site to blow their whistles to remember those who lost their lives in the past years. Tens of thousands attend Great Dorset Steam Fair 2022-08-28T04:00:00Z Figure 15.1 A steam engine uses heat transfer to do work. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z The Industrial Revolution began with the invention of the steam engine. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z The steam engine, which was key to the Industrial Revolution, provides a good example. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Hero of Alexandria, in Egypt, produced the first steam engine when he created the aeolipile, a simple turbine that powered toys, around the year 70 CE. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z The development of the steam engine transformed this need, allowing businesses to locate their factories near urban centers. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z The energy can be changed when the gas is doing work as it expands—something we explore in Heat and Heat Transfer Methods—similar to what occurs in gasoline or steam engines and turbines. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z The invention of the steam engine enabled people to use machines to carry out farming activities. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z The antique steam engine leads to Eric Johnson’s photo of abandoned heavy machinery in Buffalo and then to Matt Leedham’s picture of an overgrown derelict temple in Cambodia. Review | In the galleries: Old-time technology with a contemporary twist 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z By 1776, British factories were powering some of their operations with improved steam engines designed by the Scottish engineer James Watt. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z In the world of “natural climate,” before the deployment of the steam engine in the industrial revolution, the atmospheric carbon dioxide level stood at 280 parts per million. Human-caused climate change made U.K. heat wave 10 times more likely, study says 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z These design elements were used in water wheel applications throughout the world, and even provided the underlying principle for the steam engine, invented about 1500 years later. Algebra and Trigonometry 2015-02-13T00:00:00Z The invention of the steam engine enabled people to develop pest-resistant crop varieties. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Coal electricity traces its origins to the early 20th Century, when it was the natural fuel for steam engines given its abundance, high energy density and low cost. Environmental Biology 2018-09-06T00:00:00Z A steam engine uses heat to transform water into steam, which expands and drives a piston to perform work. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Parked nearby were seven giant black steam engines with red wheels. Rumbling Through Modern Jordan, a Railway From the Past 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z Something was going on well before the invention of the steam engine. Review | Why the wheels of human history seemed to turn faster for some 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z The invention of the steam engine enables the environment to be changed according to the needs of the people. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Instead of using people to transfer liquid with increased sugar content from one cauldron to another, he connected several sealed vacuum pans together with pipes, and linked one of those pans to a steam engine. These Three Overlooked Black Inventors Shaped Our Lives 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z Locomotives and boats powered by steam engines soon delivered raw materials to the factories and transported finished goods to consumers. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Eventually, Toe acquires a steam engine that he must feed with a steady supply of fuel to keep it chugging. Review | ‘FAR: Changing Tides’ review: A gorgeous, compact maritime adventure 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z The earliest “rail roads” used horses to pull cars along a railed track, but in 1825, English inventor George Stephenson replaced the horses with a rolling steam engine. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z So, the horse was replaced with a steam engine. myWorld: Building Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He wrote papers about steam engines and ways of maximizing the vapor in a vessel heated by steam. These Three Overlooked Black Inventors Shaped Our Lives 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z Internal combustion engines powered automobiles as well as machinery in small workshops, offering an alternative where steam engines, which were large, could not easily fit. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z But this early model of a steam engine gobbled great quantities of fuel, making it expensive to run. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Inventors then developed a power loom that tapped the energy from a water wheel or steam engine to weave much faster than a handworker. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z The Tom Thumb, a small steam engine, made the first run in the summer of 1830. myWorld: Building Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Revolutionized by the coal-powered steam engine, transportation in the form of steamboats and railroads ultimately aided Union victory in what has been described as the first modern war. Sea levels have been rising since the American Civil War. The reason? Coal 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z One particularly fierce storm dropped more than three inches of rain, triggering landslides and flooding 10 businesses, including their Old Coal Town Museum, with ore cars and a steam engine out front. A tiny town’s mining past brings movies, tourists and environmental problems 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z In 1765, Watt figured out a way to make the steam engine work faster and more efficiently while burning less fuel. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The fuel went to heat homes, fuel industries and feed the boilers for locomotive steam engines that pulled trains across the West. Bill Gates’ vision for next-generation nuclear power in Wyoming coal country 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z This mighty engine proved that a steam engine could operate over hilly and difficult land. myWorld: Building Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The cemetery was near railroad tracks and sparks from the steam engines set fires that consumed the markers, according to a description of the cemetery by the Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Commission. Graves of some who died at RI institutions lie under highway 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z She suggests that global warming may have been a gradual process had it not been for the development of the coal-powered steam engine, which opened up a market for the burning of fossil fuels. Book review: how our planet grew so warm 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z It produced a variety of mechanical equipment, including steam engines and railway locomotives. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1765, crossing the parkland where the statue now is, Watt successfully thought through how steam engines - increasingly vital to industry - could be redesigned to become hugely more efficient. COP26: Antarctic air from 1765 frozen in glass 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z He designed and built the Clermont, a boat powered by a steam engine. myWorld: Building Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The season will also mark the 150th Anniversary of the Royal Albert Hall, with four commissions celebrating the venue's history, and five concerts featuring its famous organ - which was originally powered by two steam engines. BBC Proms to welcome back audiences - and Rule, Britannia! 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z However, during the Industrial Revolution, people started burning coal and other fossil fuels to power factories, smelters and steam engines, which added more greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. The Science of Climate Change Explained: Facts, Evidence and Proof 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z The first such development, the steam engine, stemmed from the search for a cheap, convenient source of power. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The cheeky steam engine was the loveable locomotive of The Merioneth and Llantisilly Rail Traction Company Limited and known for playing in his local choir. Eddie Izzard and Cerys Matthews revive Ivor the Engine 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z Greenock's most famous son is James Watt, whose improved steam engine was a defining development of the Industrial Revolution. Does Scotland need a museum of slavery? 2020-08-29T04:00:00Z The magnetic compass, gunpowder, the printing press, the chronometer, the cotton gin, the steam engine and the water wheel are among the many examples. Democratized Information Is Transforming Society 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z Mitchell has found waterwheel parts used at the old grist mill - Tillman Mill - an old steam engine and a horse-drawn carriage on the property. Alabama man discovers old pottery kiln on a farm 2020-07-25T04:00:00Z An American inventor named Robert Fulton ordered a steam engine from Boulton and Watt. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z We visit with the early developers of the steam engine, witness the events leading to the Wright brothers’ first flight at Kitty Hawk, N.C., and hear about the industrialization of the Haber-Bosch fertilizer process. Review | An exploration of ‘How Innovation Works’ 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z Caribbean planters were also significant consumers of Watt's steam engines, using them to extract more juice from the sugar cane. Does Scotland need a museum of slavery? 2020-08-29T04:00:00Z But the steam engines central to traditional thermodynamics resemble today's technologies about as much as top hats resemble virtual-reality headsets. Quantum Steampunk: 19th-Century Science Meets Technology of Today 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z He was the cheeky cartoon steam engine that sang in his local choir, went out on his own and provokes nostalgic memories of an innocent childhood. Cult cartoon ready to steam in for comeback 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z A steam engine on wheels—the railroad locomotive—drove English industry after 1820. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z England may have sparked the first industrial revolution with the steam engine, but its potential was realized in the United States. Opinion | We’re letting China win the 5G race. It’s time to catch up. 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z Other proposed start dates include 1784, when the steam engine was refined or 1800, around the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. Should the age of humans have a geological name? 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z Thermodynamics was born when steam engines drove the Industrial Revolution. Quantum Steampunk: 19th-Century Science Meets Technology of Today 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z Ivor was inspired by Postgate's friendship with a Welsh railway fireman, who fondly described how steam engines came to life when you spent time with them. Cult cartoon ready to steam in for comeback 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z These miners provided iron for the tracks and coal for the steam engines. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “It was founded by the guy who invented Jell-O, and he also invented the predecessor to the steam engine and the predecessor to the elevator.” Meet six artists making the public art you'll soon see on Metro's Crenshaw/LAX Line 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z Beyond steam engines and power looms, the Industrial Revolution spawned innovation in artificial lighting — for city streets, lighthouses, railway carriages and mills. Edison and the shadow side of artificial light 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z Just as traditional thermodynamics helped to describe the physics of steam engines, our efforts in quantum thermodynamics can help us invent quantum engines. Quantum Steampunk: 19th-Century Science Meets Technology of Today 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z His favorite shows the shadowy image of a steam engine - a “ghost train” - that seems to come out of nowhere. The migrant caravans: Ten-year-old's journey ends with nine-month detention 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z The Industrial Revolution happened because of inventions such as the spinning jenny and the steam engine. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z A few years later, he ordered one of those new-fangled steam engines from a neighbouring business. The spectacular power of interchangeable parts 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z Later, coal from those mines fed steam engines that powered electric lights. Edison and the shadow side of artificial light 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z A stunning sequence follows: steam engines, ships, and factories blare their horns and cannons fire. A Hypnotic but Contextless Portrait of Stalin’s Death and Its Aftermath 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z “So all that wreckage that was coming ashore were the cabins. But basically all the steel is there,” including the triple expansion steam engines. 118 years after the Hudson sank in Superior gale, it’s found 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z The invention of the steam engine allowed Europeans to easily travel on rivers to establish bases of control deep in the African continent. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Equipped with Watt's brilliantly efficient steam engines and Wilkinson's precisely-bored cylinders, the industrial revolution entered a higher gear. The spectacular power of interchangeable parts 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z After Gutenberg, books became widely available, setting off a cascade of salutary movements and innovations, including but not limited to the Reformation, the Enlightenment, the steam engine, journalism, modern literature, modern medicine, and modern democracy. The Dark Side of Techno-Utopianism 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z The railway’s steam engines, manufactured in Barcelona, were replaced by electric locomotives in 1929. Hands off our treasured railway, say locals in Sóller, Mallorca 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z The man frying the regular burgers, and it was usually a burly, manly man, was like the stoker shovelling coal into the furnace of a steam engine fast enough to reach Manchester by sundown. I flipped burgers at McDonald’s – and discovered the joys of insubordination | Hugh Muir 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z Even with superior arms and steam engines to transport them, another factor might have kept Europeans confined to the coast. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Built in 2008, the Tornado is the first mainline steam engine to be built in the UK since the 1960s. 'Fascinating' steam train to visit Welsh coast 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z Museum historian Mike Piersa says the steam engine is the most powerful of its kind in the country and one of only four that work. Museum gets massive, century-old steam engine running again 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z The first serious sufferers of occupational hearing loss were probably workers who pounded on metal: blacksmiths, church-bell ringers, the people who built the boilers that powered the steam engines that created the modern world. Is Noise Pollution the Next Big Public-Health Crisis? 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z “We’re in an internet age and this is something from the steam engine.” Reparations, Court-Packing: Once-Fringe Issues Take Hold in Democratic Primary Race 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z Using Archimedes’ ideas, Hellenistic scientists later built a force pump, pneumatic machines, and even a steam engine. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1900, it was the effects of the steam engine, with industrialization. Salon Interview: Tucker Carlson bashes capitalism, says he might vote for Elizabeth Warren 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z Many of them were constructed in Mon Valley boat-making towns and would become obsolete about 1900 when steam engines were replaced by those powered with diesel fuel. andmark riverboat has deep Mon Valley roots 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z You’ve heard of a steam engine and an internal combustion engine—but how about a measurement engine? Our favorite science news stories of 2018 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z Urban Evolutions co-owner Jeff Janson says he’s found the wooden equivalent of a hidden stash of gold in some dismantled JI Cast steam engine and thresher machine buildings, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. Crews find prized lumber in gutted Wisconsin warehouses 2018-12-15T05:00:00Z The eruption created a haze of sulfate particles that cooled the planet by around 0.5 °C. For about 18 months, Earth’s average temperature returned to what it was before the arrival of the steam engine. First sun-dimming experiment will test a way to cool Earth 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z A steam engine hit a car in a crash at a level crossing. Steam engine hits car at level crossing 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z The current note features Matthew Boulton and James Watt, whose steam engines led to the mechanisation of factories and mills. New £50 note: Bank of England asks public to nominate scientist 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z It features James Watt, an engineer and scientist, and Matthew Boulton, an entrepreneur, who worked together to develop and market steam engines, which helped drive the Industrial Revolution. Who Will Be the Face of the £50 Bill? Probably Not a Soccer Player Riding a Unicorn 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z The first focuses on the development of the steam engine and the coal mining demands that contributed to that. Review | How technology and innovation shaped our world 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z That change wasn’t just the result of such breakthroughs as the steam engine and the internal-combustion engine and the telephone. The Day the Economy (Almost) Died 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z Divers saw components of the steam engine, but no sign of human remains. Researchers find 1906 shipwreck in Lake Huron’s Georgian Bay 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z He once celebrated Christmas dinner in the cab of a steam engine with his father, a driver. Treasure Hunter Searches Rhine River—for a Steam Engine 2018-09-09T04:00:00Z Just over half a century ago, the world's best-loved steam engine was destined for scrap. The man who saved Flying Scotsman 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z The parade of scientists and tycoons includes James Watt, a Scot who figured out how to create a vacuum in a cylinder and later built steam engines for industry. Review | How technology and innovation shaped our world 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z She was “born” in the early 1700s, decades before the British first began the widespread burning of coal to power steam engines. Opinion | Why is an energy company asking for permission to destroy a masterpiece? 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z When the first Harry Potter novel - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - was to be turned into a movie, film-makers were desperate for an authentic steam engine to represent the Hogwarts Express. When the Hogwarts Express was set for scrap 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z His fixation: Find a 19th-century cast-iron steam engine lost in the Rhine river before it even took its first journey. Treasure Hunter Searches Rhine River—for a Steam Engine 2018-09-09T04:00:00Z "The poor man was trying to modernise the railway and there was this steam engine getting all the headlines," said Mr Gwynne. The man who saved Flying Scotsman 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z He weaves together short portraits of scientists and inventors alongside detailed descriptions of technical challenges to advancement, especially in steam engines and electricity. Review | How technology and innovation shaped our world 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z When we learn about the Industrial Revolution in school, we hear a lot about factories, steam engines, maybe the power loom. Opinion | It’s Not Technology That’s Disrupting Our Jobs 2018-08-18T04:00:00Z Once he took this steam engine down to bare frame. Fixing to go full steam ahead 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z When his sensors found what he believes is the steam engine, “it was Christmas and Easter, all in one,” Mr. Müller said. Treasure Hunter Searches Rhine River—for a Steam Engine 2018-09-09T04:00:00Z It opened to the sound of steam engine whistles, part of an art installation which will then sound at 13:00 BST for each of its 80 days. Steam whistles mark exhibition opening 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z SUN Sale on historic steamship, the SS Virginia V, to explore steam engines and the history of mail delivery on Lake Union by planes, trains, and steamships, 2 p.m. Community calendar: Juneteenth, PrideFest, Father’s Day and more 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z The BBC understands fire alarms are normally switched off when the steam engine pays a visit to the central London terminus. Flying Scotsman steam sets off fire alarm 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z The steam engine, which dates to 1898, pulled two of the Disney cars. Walt Disney's first love lives on at this historic California ranch 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z “Sadly, I drove a steam engine for just one month,” Mr. Müller said, “and not as a driver but as a fireman.” Treasure Hunter Searches Rhine River—for a Steam Engine 2018-09-09T04:00:00Z In the 1760s, for instance, master instrument-maker James Watt boosted the efficiency of steam engines by separating the working cylinder from the condenser. The triumphs and tragedies in energy history 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z The small steam engine pulled cars on tracks 3 feet apart instead of the standard 4 feet, 8.5 inches. Port Huron Museum will restore 140-year-old steam locomotive 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z "We are entrusted to regulate the gaming industry and it is the steam engine to the state's economy." First woman to chair Nevada Gaming Control Board sets sights on reforms in the #MeToo era 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z The Port Huron Times Herald says the steam engine was built in 1878 in Pittsburgh by Porter, Bell & Co. Locomotive, age 140, to be restored and publicly displayed 2018-04-28T04:00:00Z In the manifesto’s time, it was the steam engine that posed the greatest challenge to the rhythms and routines of feudal life. Yanis Varoufakis: Marx predicted our present crisis – and points the way out 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z She took Mari off her tiptoes in the duke’s library and put her in the foundry where he builds steam engines, trying to keep them on more even ground. Will Office Affairs Ever Be the Same? Not in Romance Novels 2018-03-18T04:00:00Z Veronica Campbell, director of collections and exhibits at the museum, said the steam engine had been housed behind the Carnegie Center in a greenhouse for about 25 years. Port Huron Museum will restore 140-year-old steam locomotive 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z The first wave, the Industrial Revolution, gave us the steam engine, the locomotive, and factories. There's Only One Way For Humanity to Survive. Go To Mars. 2018-03-03T05:00:00Z The constant sound of steam engines roaring past likely influenced the style of playing, which ultimately led to what was once called Fast Texas, but is now known universally as Boogie Woogie. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z Iron steam engines, fuelled by coal, reduced the cost of power to the benefit of other industries, such as textiles, stimulating economic growth and development into the nineteenth century. Make low-carbon energy an integral part of the knowledge economy By the 1770s, a new generation of more efficient and less fuel-hungry steam engines was powering a surge in economic growth. Power through the ages The former coal miner and steam engine driver retired in September after celebrating his 94th birthday. Oldest shop worker dies after retiring 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z This desire for less stimulation isn’t exactly new — it’s been afflicting Americans at least since the invention of the steam engine. Lessons in Stillness From One of the Quietest Places on Earth 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z They emerged from the effort to understand steam engines and other macroscopic systems. The new thermodynamics: how quantum physics is bending the rules 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z It would not be long before electromagnetic engines like the one that Jacobi had used for his boat on the Neva would replace the steam engine. How a Victorian Lawyer from Wales Invented the Hydrogen Fuel Cell 2017-10-29T04:00:00Z Freed from the need to be close to mines, steam engines could be used almost anywhere. Power through the ages By the early 1900s, it was a rail line, where steam engines moved coal, lumber, passengers and other supplies from Abingdon to North Carolina. Virginia Creeper Trail invites bikers to take it easy 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z The challenges posed in the twenty-first century by the merger of infotech and biotech are arguably bigger than those thrown up by steam engines, railways, electricity and fossil fuels. Reboot for the AI revolution 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z But it was the demand for labour-saving innovation, prompted by Britain’s relatively high wages at the time, which gave tinkerers a strong incentive to develop and hone the steam engine and its applications. The cost of innovation has risen, and productivity has suffered 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z It was an epoch-defining decision to place in Westminster Abbey, among statues of monarchs, priests and poets, a large one of James Watt, inventor of the separate-condenser steam engine. Opinion | The thing America strives for most? Complacency. 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z British engineer Thomas Newcomen builds the first practical steam engine to drive a pump at a mine. Credit: Power through the ages The steam engine and machine tools increased labor efficiency a hundredfold. How to fine-tune your BS meter 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z The attached 1028 Steakhouse is named for one of the first steam engines that chugged into town. Winifred, pop. 200, has a new world-class hotel 2017-09-02T04:00:00Z On this date in 1852, the schooner “Capacity” reached the mouth of the Colorado River and unloaded a steam engine, boiler and lumber for the construction of a river steamer. Today in Arizona History 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z “A steam engine is kind of like a breathing, living piece of equipment,” said Harlan, 38, who is the assistant operations manager for the 1880 Train. 1880 Train still chugging along after 60 years 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z Deeper mines were prone to flooding, so steam engines were developed to power water pumps. Power through the ages Poston said many of those who worked on the steam engines are no longer around, so it is essential that the next generation become involved to preserve this historic heritage. Locomotive restoration of 1883 steam engine ‘on track’ 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z However, at the front of the Hill statue, a rendering of a “GNRR” steam engine can be seen exiting a tunnel in the Cascades. ‘The Empire Builder’ has stood tall on the University of Washington campus since 1909 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z Some factory owners did replace steam engines with electric motors, drawing clean and modern power from a nearby generating station. Why didn't electricity immediately change manufacturing? - BBC News 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z After all the behind-the-scenes work is done two crew members shift from mechanic mode to operation mode, becoming the engineer and fireman who operate the train from the cab of the steam engine. 1880 Train still chugging along after 60 years 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z The former workshop of the inventor James Watt, whose steam engine played a key role in the Industrial Revolution, was also among the top sites. Scotland's 'hidden gems' revealed in public vote - BBC News 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z Although much of its history is long past, the 1883 steam engine may be “on track” to operate again in the future. Locomotive restoration of 1883 steam engine ‘on track’ 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z “While other boys were doing sensible things like playing football and chasing girls, I built rockets and steam engines and drew animated cartoon strips and played with amateur chemistry,” he recalled in “The Aha! Moment.” David E.H. Jones, Scientist Whose Alter Ego Challenged Conventions, Dies at 79 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z They could, of course, use an electric motor in the same way as they used steam engines. Why didn't electricity immediately change manufacturing? - BBC News 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z They marvel at the steam engine’s durability and simplicity compared to their day jobs. Remote school teaches people how to drive a steam train 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z The political sensation that came to be known as the Credit Mobilier scandal unfolded in the era of the telegraph and the steam engine. Buying ‘friends in this Congress’: The smoking gun that triggered a political scandal 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z When we were making steam engines, we were all sure we could make a steam-powered brain. Cory Doctorow on technological immortality, the transporter problem, and fast-moving futures 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z Scientists agree it's long past time to retire le grand K. Using this 19th-century technology for 21st-century physics is like trying to get to Mars on a rocket powered by a steam engine. Scientists are about to change what a kilogram is. That’s massive. 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z Small steam engines were hopelessly inefficient but small electric motors worked just fine. Why didn't electricity immediately change manufacturing? - BBC News 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z Add the steam engine and colonialism, and lager-style beers eventually spread across the world. The Beers and the Bees: Pollinators Provide a Different Kind of Brewer's Yeast 2017-06-26T04:00:00Z Boulton and Watt used it to extract licensing fees and crush rivals - for example, Jonathan Hornblower, who made an even better steam engine yet found himself ruined and imprisoned. The great intellectual property trade-off - BBC News 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z To the invention of the steam engine in the 18th century and the beginning of the Industrial Revolution? 'A reckoning for our species': the philosopher prophet of the Anthropocene 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z In this trailer, that requires some handy work with a knife and crossbow, before your protagonist escapes on a steam engine. Metro Exodus is proof we’ll never get tired of the bleak underground future 2017-06-11T04:00:00Z In the old factories, the steam engine set the pace. Why didn't electricity immediately change manufacturing? - BBC News 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z I don’t think the West needs to apologize — or pay — for having invented the steam engine. Opinion | You can’t govern by id 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z Far from incentivising improvements in the steam engine, the patent actually delayed them. The great intellectual property trade-off - BBC News 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z While modern ones are electric, Earley found one with a belt for a steam engine, which shows how old the machine is. The art of the scroll saw forms strong bonds 2017-06-04T04:00:00Z Matthew Boulton and James Watt - giants of Britain's industrial revolution - produced steam engines that ran muscular industrial lifts that hauled coal up from the mines. How the lift transformed the shape of our cities - BBC News 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z But you couldn't get these results simply by ripping out the steam engine and replacing it with an electric motor. Why didn't electricity immediately change manufacturing? - BBC News 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z The second law, which also puts limits on how efficiently heat can be converted into work — as happens in a steam engine — is particularly controversial. Battle between quantum and thermodynamic laws heats up 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z They redirected their attention from litigation towards the challenge of producing the best steam engines in the world. The great intellectual property trade-off - BBC News 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z In this account, Voltaire and Rousseau are mere vapor, rising from a steam engine as it races forward. Are Liberals on the Wrong Side of History? 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z "Look at this area, it once produced the world's first locomotive steam engine, and now the Japanese, Hitachi, are producing our trains," he says dismissively as he drives. The multi-millionaire who is giving his business away - BBC News 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z Then in 1883, the Canadian Pacific Railway bridged the South Saskatchewan River at Medicine Hat and dug a well farther west looking for water to replenish steam engines on the dry plains. A Canadian City Thrives on Gas, Like a ‘Wealthy Little Country’ 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z A Peppercorn A1 Class locomotive, it was the first main line steam engine to be built in the UK since the 1960s. Settle-Carlisle line: Tornado powers 12 scheduled services - BBC News 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z If there are still steam engines on board, I hope there is some way to save them. Final Departure for 111-Year-Old Hudson Ferryboat 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z Mitchell said he kept finding pieces from the old steam engine, which eventually added up to about 400 to 500 pounds of parts. Man unearths pieces of ancient steam engine in north Alabama 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z Out is James Watt and his steam engine. It may look like fun but just messing around could lead to the next big thing 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z Also in Mason City, the Rotary Cannonball Christmas display begins Nov. 26 with lighting of the vintage steam engine in all of its holiday glory at dusk. Recent editorials published in Iowa newspapers 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z A plant’s protective system is like a pressure relief valve in a steam engine. Scientists modify plants, making them use sunlight better 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z The ever-changing collection of old steam engines and railway cars looks like the undignified final resting place for rail equipment that literally helped build the West. Roadside relics: Your guide to that Great Concrete Thing and other oddities along our state’s highways 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z The book — described as “a mighty steam engine of a thriller that pulls out all the stops” by The Globe and Mail — seems like just the thing for a fall evening. What’s on your Halloween reading list? 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z Technology is often a tale of seamless acquisition and refinement of skills — from rocks banged together, and bows and arrows, to steam engines and integrated circuits. One sharp edge does not a tool make 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z The locomotive is the last steam engine built for Union Pacific Railroad and was delivered to the company in 1944. Historic steam-powered locomotive to make stops in Illinois 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z They did that by looking at other steam engines and reading books, he said. Nearly gone, but not forgotten 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z But there is a coda to the story: 69 years later, James Watt made a nice tweak to the Newcomen steam engine, adding a condenser to the design. Why data is the new coal 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z In the United Kingdom and the United States, an upswing of inequality, which lasted most of the nineteenth century, followed the introduction of inventions such as the steam engine and the cotton gin. Income inequality is cyclical 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z Somewhere on Frankfort Avenue live dinosaurs, buffalo, long-horned cattle, steam engines and cabooses. Louisville picker knows what he likes 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z Despite prohibitions against their removal, boatloads of mummies—both human and animal—were brought over from Egypt to serve as fuel for steam engines and fertilizer for crops, and as art supplies. Was This Masterpiece Painted With Ground Mummy? Though not routinely used in agricultural operations for the last century or so, steam engines still inspire awe - both as powerful machines and as significant players in agricultural history. Nearly gone, but not forgotten 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z That change, Lawrence said, “made the steam engine much more efficient, and that’s what triggered the industrial revolution”. Why data is the new coal 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z “It’s on the order of going from the sail to the steam engine, or going from the horse to the automobile.” Meet New Glenn, the Blue Origin Rocket That May Someday Take You to Space 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z We know that the first steam engine that once graced Kennedy Playground is now at the National Museum of American History. Answer Man goes plane- and train-spotting at Maryland parks 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z “Some of the engines are worth a lot more because of their rarity. Case isn’t a very rare engine, though. Case is the only company mass producing a steam engine,” he said. Young Lockridge resident pursues steam engine passion 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z We ended up with more efficient steam engines, electric motors and generators, and radio communications. Michael Phelps, Katie Ledecky, Zika: Your Morning Briefing 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z That was so true that the first of Newcomen’s steam engines wasn’t built in a tin mine, but in coal works near Dudley. Why data is the new coal 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z It dates to the era of Andrew Jackson, when the idea of the people got hitched to the idea of progress, especially technological progress—the steam engine, the railroad, the telegraph. A Tale of Two Conventions 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z That’s the locomotive that rail buffs are curious about as they try to compile a directory of every single steam engine that puffed and chugged in the United States. Answer Man goes plane- and train-spotting at Maryland parks 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z As his father moved from exhibitor to regular Old Threshers volunteer, Nelson befriended the other steam engine operators and expanded his knowledge. Young Lockridge resident pursues steam engine passion 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z Eight full-sized steam engines were put to work, while about 60 antique tractors roamed the event. Group’s reunion shows threshing wheat still a hot hobby 2016-07-24T04:00:00Z Not coal today, though, but Fcoal in the early days of the 18th century, when Thomas Newcomen invented the steam engine. Why data is the new coal 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z What might surprise riders about the steam engine? At the Grand Canyon, a Mechanic’s Love Affair With Locomotives 2016-07-09T04:00:00Z “A steam engine would arrive at midnight, and its bright headlight and red wheels were carved in my memory for the rest of my life,” Solomatin added. AP PHOTOS: Moscow railway museum offers nostalgic trips 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z Nelson may be a rarity given his age, but he’s as passionate about steam engines as the more experienced steam engine operators. Young Lockridge resident pursues steam engine passion 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z A steam engine hand-operated by Mr. Lashaway’s granddaughter, Dana, wove through the crowd. Group’s reunion shows threshing wheat still a hot hobby 2016-07-24T04:00:00Z Perhaps the most surprising items salvaged from the Belle’s original equipment are the 100-year-old steam engines that make the massive stern wheel go round and round to propel the boat. Julia Belle Swain makeover continues on Black River 2016-05-28T04:00:00Z We often attribute the Industrial Revolution to a handful of brilliant inventors who created the steam engine, the power loom and other transformative technologies. What Happened to Worcester? 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z The house was built around a giant cast-iron steam engine, which fills the home’s foyer. Inventor Dean Kamen’s Big Ideas 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z While his buddies were buying cars and trucks to celebrate their new-found freedom, Nelson was saving money for a 100-year-old steam engine. Young Lockridge resident pursues steam engine passion 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z The steam engine was a repurposed oxygen tank from a B-50 bomber. The Man Restaging an Evel Knievel Jump to Vindicate His Father 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z As when James Watt introduced his steam engine 240 years ago, technology-fueled changes will ripple throughout our economy in the years ahead, but there is no guarantee that everyone will benefit equally. Where Computers Defeat Humans, and Where They Can’t 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z That training would help them take on such enormous artifacts as the main steam engine, Hoffman said. Civil War ironclad Monitor's famous pump is resurrected 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z The Empress Dowager Cixi, who presided over the final decay, opposed railways on the grounds that clanking steam engines would disturb souls interred in tombs along the tracks. China’s Two-Speed Economy 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z A steam engine costing more than the vehicles his friends were buying. Young Lockridge resident pursues steam engine passion 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z Huge crowds are expected along the route, with many passengers paying up to £450 for a ticket to travel onboard the iconic steam engine. Flying Scotsman to make London King's Cross to York run - BBC News 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z It had modern milling equipment, a coal-powered steam engine to assist with the water power and a concrete dam. New historical marker tells Blue Mill history in Kearney 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z They were spooled around massive wheels turned by coal-powered steam engines. The history of D.C.’s streetcars: ‘Manspreaders,’ meet ‘end-seat hogs’ 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z He was well-known for using sound effects such as a creaking door and a steam engine to enthrall listeners during the golden age of radio. Real-life drama playing out in fight radio pioneer’s fortune 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z His father is part owner of 65-horsepower steam engine, and Jacob received plenty of an experience making the engine run threshing machines and other farm equipment. Young Lockridge resident pursues steam engine passion 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z Once the Disneyland Railroad closes, the park will allow guests to get up-close to the historic steam engines of the railroad at the Main Street and New Orleans Square train stations. First glimpse of Disneyland riverfront post Star Wars Land 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z "It's a bit like designing the best steam engine around when everyone else is moving to fuel or electric," he says. The contrarian American taking on the British banks - BBC News 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z The upcoming year will bring dark skies programs, a Theodore Roosevelt impersonator and historical steam engines to the Grand Canyon. Country’s largest national parks hit visitation records 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z The capacity of the country’s steam engines alone was equivalent to 6 million horses or 40 million men.” The Paris agreement is another false ‘turning point’ on the climate 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z As old as Nelson’s tractor is, finding parts for it isn’t nearly as a difficult as finding parts for the 100-year-old steam engine. Young Lockridge resident pursues steam engine passion 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z Graham Bell, who invented the telephone, and Watt, who improved the design and function of the steam engine, are both in the Scottish Science Hall of Fame. Watt or Fleming? RBS seeks Scottish scientist for plastic banknote 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z Mason City’s Rotary Cannonball steam engine will light up East Park this season with its special display. Recent editorials published in Iowa newspapers 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z He gave me an issue of Garden Railways magazine and in there, I found an ad for a Deadwood Central Bachmann 2-8-0 steam engine. Alabama man puts replica of Deadwood railway in his backyard 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z For centuries–from steam engines to elevators, typewriters to telephones–technology has transformed where we work and how, the consequences rippling through the rest of our lives. How E-Mail Killer Slack Will Change the Future of Work 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z Before he knew it, Nelson was giving steam engine lectures during Old Threshers - an unusually young prodigy in a hobby stuffed with older men. Young Lockridge resident pursues steam engine passion 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z Knowledge of thermodynamics greatly improved the efficiency of later steam engines, wrote Anton Howes, a PhD student at King’s College London who studies the British Industrial Revolution, in a blog post. Does innovation always come from science? 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z The steam engine owed almost nothing to the science of thermodynamics, but the science of thermodynamics owed almost everything to the steam engine. The Myth of Basic Science 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z The Roeslers run battery-powered steam engine replicas of the era and have three in operation, with three more currently being modified to look more like pictures David has of them. Alabama man puts replica of Deadwood railway in his backyard 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z Typos mar the timeline mural that places the opening of Spaceport America in line with the creation of the steam engine and early man’s use of tools. Space travel for the 1%: VirginGalactic's $250,000 tickets haunt New Mexico town 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z The bus and lorry collided on Wednesday near Colchester, with the steam engine falling into the front of the bus. Steamroller lorry and bus crash: Donations for injured driver - BBC News 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z A cordoned off area of the engine room is open to visitors, and they can see large hydraulic arms powered by a 78yearold steam engine pumping back and forth, turning the paddle wheel. American Queen offers luxurious Upper Mississippi cruise 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z Having invented the steam engine, it will pay for thermodynamics. The Myth of Basic Science 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z But then we started inventing — electricity, steam engines, microprocessors, understanding genetics and medicine and things like that. 21 Insightful Quotes From Bill Gates 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z It wasn’t until the mid-19th century that cities began establishing fire departments with full-time staffs, as the cost of firefighting grew and more training was needed to operate new steam engines. Fewer fires, so why are there far more firefighters? 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z Across the street, an abandoned steam engine sits in a clump of weeds. At a Macedonian way station, Syrian and other migrants focus on the path ahead 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z Also powered by the steam engine is a 37whistle calliope, which is played daily as the Queen leaves port. American Queen offers luxurious Upper Mississippi cruise 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z "There are steam engines inside the dashboard. Incredible!" Highlights from Verge Hack Week 2015 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z Indeed, the steam engine set off the first major transition in world energy. The Power Revolutions 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z Last year, perhaps for the first time since the invention of the steam engine, global emissions remained flat even as the global economy grew, by about three per cent. The Woman Who Could Stop Climate Change 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z But it was actually imagined by one 19th-century economist in the era of the telegraph and the steam engine. The end of capitalism has begun 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z With the end of the steam era he became an active campaigner in the railway preservation movement, successfully persuading British Railways to reverse a decision to ban privately-owned steam engines from using their lines. Been and Gone: The voice of the moon landings and the father of trainspotting - BBC News 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z Freud compared the brain to a steam engine. Face It, Your Brain Is a Computer 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z His aim was to explain the workings of an amazing half-century-old invention: James Watt’s steam engine. The Power Revolutions 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z In still another to an uncle on his 70th birthday, Einstein recalled how the toy steam engine the uncle gave him years ago had prompted a lifelong interest in science. 27 of Einstein's personal letters going on auction block 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z "We started removing material and we just kept removing more and more until we realised, oh my god, there's this enormous door that steam engines used to come through," he says. US manufacturing: A factory grows in Brooklyn - BBC News 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z "They were a big steam engine for the semiconductor industry here," Li said. Avago to buy Broadcom in $37-billion deal 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z In Georgia, navy divers will pull up parts of the ship’s armor systems, steam engine components and small structure pieces. US navy divers on mission to recover Confederate warship from Georgia river 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z But Carnot also saw in the steam engine “a great revolution” in human civilization—the harnessing of energy on a scale that would transform the world. The Power Revolutions 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z In Georgia, Navy divers will pull up parts of the ship’s armor systems, steam engine components and small structure pieces. Navy divers to help raise confederate warship artifacts 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z The other figures on Bank of England notes are evolutionary theorist Charles Darwin on the 10 pound note and steam engine inventor James Watt and his business partner Matthew Boulton on the 50 pound note. British public asked what creative person should be on next 20 pound note 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z Steel Corporation-built steam engine and multi-ton white oak paddlewheel is part of the pleasure of visiting this old French city of New Orleans, so associated with steamboats and the Deep South. Natchez, beloved jazz steamboat of New Orleans, turns 40 2015-04-12T04:00:00Z So Kloke put his skills to use and built a working replica of a 1860s steam engine, completed about nine years ago. ‘Lincoln never dies’ - finding his resonance 150 years later 2015-04-11T04:00:00Z The reaction was instantaneous, and they watched his online popularity roll like a steam engine through New Jersey, then into New York, and from state to state as word spread. Certified Gold, Though Fetty Wap Has More To Offer Than "Trap Queen" 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z The railroad has a history of repairing steam engines, restoring six of them since Colorado and New Mexico bought the 64 miles of railroad that run between Antonito and Chama, New Mexico, in 1970. Steam engine that transported President Taft is coming back 2015-03-28T04:00:00Z The study was sort of a bummer; reading before bed is one of life's little pleasures, and the paper book is going the way of the steam engine, at least for me. How I keep screens from causing me insomnia 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z He was following in the footsteps of his father, Don Clarke, who started driving steam engines in the 1960s but is now retired. 'Young' steam train driver qualifies 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z Hey, Bill Gates drinks it—thanks to a new machine called the Omniprocessor that literally transforms waste into water through a steam engine. 5 Ways to Celebrate World Water Day 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z The line continued to be used by steam engines until 1933. 'Oldest' tunnel gets protected status 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z Once restored, the steam engine will end up pulling the historic passenger cars that also date back to the 1880s. Steam engine that transported President Taft is coming back 2015-03-28T04:00:00Z Rudolf Diesel, a German mechanical engineer born 157 years ago today, patented an industrial engine in 1892 that functioned far more efficiently than steam engines. Latest News: Netanyahu Victory, Frankfurt Riots, Mr. Diesel’s Day 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z Others say the Anthropocene is more recent, tied to the beginning of the uptick of atmospheric CO2 concentrations after the invention of an effective coal-burning steam engine. Mass Deaths in Americas Start New CO2 Epoch 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z The first machine age, ushered in by the steam engine, freed mankind’s dependence on muscle power. The Rise of Turing Robots Leads to a Fall in Wages 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z Clinton’s presidency coincided with the Internet Boom, something on a par with the Industrial Revolution that occurred about 100 years earlier and the coming of the telegraph and steam engines in the 1830s. The Best Presidential Leadership - REALLY! 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z Another set of 14 books from 1910 have titles that cover topics like engine management and installation, steam engine and valve gears, riveted joints and “Pumps for Various Purposes.” Work on historic locomotive near Middleton has ways to go 2015-02-21T05:00:00Z Her screams were so exactly like the whistle of a steam engine, that Alice had to hold both her hands over her ears. Snowpocalypse in the White Queen’s Kingdom 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z Not just because Empires fell, plagues arrived and so on, but it was simply a basic feature of how the economy worked in between the invention of agriculture and the steam engine. Could Somebody Pass Barry Ritholtz The Cluebat Please? 2015-01-17T05:00:00Z The classic steam engine, prize possession of the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke, was towed away in May to undergo restoration in North Carolina. Plans for Roanoke steam engine remain on track 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z Through the ingenious use of a steam engine, it produces more than enough energy to burn the next batch of waste. Watch Bill Gates Drink Water That Had Been Poop Just Moments Before 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z The parade was expected to feature steam engines, horse drawn vehicles, bicycles, classic cars, motorcycles and marching bands. Crowds join London's New Year parade 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z “What I like to think is that this is the voice of the Victorian era,” when machinery was steam-driven and the steam engine was “the marvel of civilization,” Mr. Milster, 79, said. On Brooklyn Campus, Annual Antique Display Goes Out With a Terrifying Wail 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z He says the steam engine was built shortly after World War II. Shed installed at Lynchburg park to protect train cars 2014-12-28T05:00:00Z Volunteers restored the steam engine and returned to operation as the Holiday Express in 1990. Vancouver boy trains for his dream in Portland 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z In the cab of the steam engine, Graddon tends the boiler. All’s on track for a visit with Santa 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z They conceived the world's first purpose-built factory, invented gas lighting and pioneered both oxygen distillation and the mass production of the steam engine. Birmingham in 'top 10 world cities' 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z Every day, steam engines more than 60 years old defy their age and pull wagons of coal from Banovici’s coal mine to nearby towns. AP PHOTOS: Bosnian steam train tourist attraction 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z Every day, steam engines more than 60 years old defy their age and pull wagons of coal from Banovici's coal mine to nearby towns. AP PHOTOS: Bosnian steam train tourist attraction 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z Stirling converters work something like high-tech steam engines: the heat generated by plutonium decay drives the expansion of helium gas, which in turn moves a set of pistons to provide power. Nuclear power: Desperately seeking plutonium 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z Inventions like Perkin’s — and the steam engine, the spinning jenny, the telegraph, the Bessemer steel-production process — destroyed the last vestiges of this way of life. Welcome to the Failure Age! 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z Jefferson’s handwritten letters touch on important issues of the day including the Louisiana Purchase, the first steam engine and the Napoleonic Wars. Rare Jefferson letters featured at NYC museum 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z In the early 19th Century, he sold his steam engines and coin presses to the Royal Mint, which subsequently moved them from Boulton's Soho works to London. The grandfather of modern coinage 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z He churned out nearly 100 stationary steam engines for mills all over the Southeast and advertised having the largest set of machine tools south of Philadelphia. Family finds lost grave of industrial pioneer 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z A steam engine was later acquired and the machines were used to power a sawmill and produce lumber. Ranch family stays true to tradition 2014-10-04T04:00:00Z The use of wood and coal in steam engines kicked off the Industrial Revolution, which led to today’s prosperous, modern societies. How Indoor Stoves Can Be a Solution to Global Poverty 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z Industrial inventions include the steam engine - an age-old idea developed by Scotsman James Watt into an efficient machine that helped spark the Industrial Revolution. Scots’ inventions are fuel for independence debate 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z A snappy dresser and visionary businessman, his partnership with James Watt saw the latter's steam engine utilised to power machinery while his Soho Manufactory was the largest industrial complex in the world. The grandfather of modern coinage 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z Juniper is uniquely set up to satisfy this complex demand and is trying to build this 21st century steam engine or to help our customers build it. Shaygan Kheradpir's Journey From CIO Of Verizon To CEO Of Juniper Networks 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z Born in Brechin and educated in Dundee, Watson-Watt - a descendent of James Watt, the inventor of the steam engine - was initially approached by the British Air Ministry about the feasibility of developing a "death ray". Radar pioneer statue to be unveiled 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z Stevens and Peoples found articles on the steam engine in publications such as The New York Times, Chicago Tribune and Southern Living. Steam engine built in Logansport stars in book 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z We have to remember that Adam Smith was writing The Wealth of Nations in 1776 – prior to Watt and the steam engine. A Nation of Shopkeepers 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z He reveled in smoky railroad yards with their panting steam engines and long lines of freight and passenger cars, and the sights and sounds of Great Lakes steamers as they whistled away from their piers. George W. Hilton, professor and author of history of ‘Ma & Pa’ railroad, dies at 89 Whitehead also exhibited the 2-cylinder steam engine that revolved the road wheels of his former bat machine, with which he made a number of short flights in 1901. Scientific American Debunks Claim Gustave Whitehead Was “First in Flight” 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z While attending Corona's Centennial High School, he took an interest in the school's machine shop where he built, among other things, a working steam engine and sail-assisted remote control cars. Designer jumped into the 3-D printing game at just the right time 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z “It was wonderful because it talked about its first time on the rails,” he said, adding it was one of the few if not the only steam engine ever built in Logansport. Steam engine built in Logansport stars in book 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z The foundry made steam engines, locomotives and weaponry. West Point Foundry Preserve online tour launched 2014-06-08T04:00:00Z The billionaire also employed a number of historical analogies, comparing the rise of wireless broadband to the revolutions wrought by ships, steam engines and cars. The Biggest Champion of a Sprint-T-Mobile Deal: SoftBank's Chief 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z Reid’s collection started with a train set and grew to include model steam engines, planes, ships, traction engines and automobiles. Michigan man’s model collection going to auction 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z Following WWII, Great Britain made the steam engine a gift to the United States as a show of gratitude for U.S. support during the war. Steam engine to return to railroad museum 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z “It wasn’t created to pull passenger trains necessarily or to be famous, but like a lot of other steam engines of that time - to do work, to pull freight,” Stevens said. Steam engine built in Logansport stars in book 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z This is the point at which half or more of the steam in our steam engine analogy is wasted. The Biggest Problem Facing Semiconductors 2014-05-01T03:37:00Z Yes, the Luddites may never have had the remotest chance of maintaining their pre-industrial way of life in the face of the steam engine. The Bay is burning! Google Glass, techno-rage and the battle for San Francisco’s soul 2014-04-18T11:45:00Z Advancing civilization is not just about ensuring food surplus or exploiting windmills or steam engines to ease human labor, but also about providing vital substances. A 7-Step Guide for Rebooting Civilization After the Apocalypse 2014-04-16T16:16:23Z Museum officials two years ago loaned the engine to a museum in England for an exhibit celebrating British steam engine history. Steam engine to return to railroad museum 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z The car rested on four wheels and a steam engine positioned at one end of the tube powered a large fan that blew the car on its rails. Scientific American’s Owner Built the First New York Subway [Excerpt] 2014-02-21T16:00:00Z One was James Watt who went into business with the British manufacturer Mathew Boulton to manufacture steam engines – a partnership that became one of the most important businesses of the Industrial Revolution. Henry Ford Gave Innovators The Wrong Message About The Value Of History. 2014-02-21T08:20:00Z Although he has worked for Tower Bridge for 20 years, he has never seen it operated using the steam engines - something he would love to see. Celebrating Tower Bridge's 120 years 2014-01-17T06:49:58Z In an internet world, it looks like a steam engine. How to break up banks 2014-01-16T09:43:37Z His answer to the question was that economic growth is the result of the spread of knowledge about how to use production technologies, from the steam engine to the assembly line. What Thomas Friedman and Niall Ferguson don’t understand about the rest of the world 2014-01-12T16:00:00Z Medical instruments, pianos, sewing machines, steam engines, wagons, sleighs, electric telegraphs, boots, hats, gloves, kitchen utensils, furniture, artificial limbs, wigs, fishing tackle, pocket knives, umbrellas, and toys. Scientific American’s Owner Built the First New York Subway [Excerpt] 2014-02-21T16:00:00Z Robert Fulton, the inventor of the modern steam engine, was a painter. To Foster Your Creativity, Don't Learn To Code; Learn To Paint 2013-12-27T07:19:00Z According to history books, when he was 7 he carved a wooden toy train and tried to put a little steam engine on it. Trains: Popular holiday toy for more than a century 2013-12-16T22:51:58Z Looking at the Wright Brothers’ plane, I wonder if any spectators remarked, “That thing only goes 10 miles per hour, clearly traveling by steam engine is superior.” Variolation, Aviation, and Genetic Modification: Progress in the Face of Fear and Danger 2013-10-17T14:45:06.717Z Six times a year the mill's two steam engines are started for events. VIDEO: Tall order for chimney restorers 2013-10-14T18:58:50Z A man can produce something with his naked hands, more with the aid of an axe or hoe, more still with a horse and plow, and still more with a steam engine, or saw-mill. 50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: The News on Aviation Pioneer Igor Sikorsky 2013-09-16T13:15:52.257Z "France is a nation of inventors, pioneers and producers," Hollande said, citing France's role in previous centuries and decades in developing technologies from the steam engine to hot-air balloons and rechargeable batteries. Hollande turns to robots, driverless cars to revive French industry 2013-09-12T11:51:30Z He's now heavily involved in restoring steam engines, receiving a Lifetime Achievement award from Prince Michael of Kent for his involvement with The Shamrock Trust, in Windermere, in 2013. How the Pisces III was rescued 2013-08-30T01:01:55Z Those enamored of older ways bridled at the transformation wrought by the steam engine and the factories. Letter From Europe: ‘Fracking’ Debate Divides Britain 2013-08-15T15:25:04Z Around the end of the 17th century, old pals Jayne and Maddie had an idea for refining the steam engine to produce a continuous rotating motion. Bank notes need more women 2013-07-27T23:07:00Z The price of labor in England and the United States has multiplied several fold since the invention of the steam engine, the spinning jenny, the cotton gin and the power loom.” 50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: The News on Aviation Pioneer Igor Sikorsky 2013-09-16T13:15:52.257Z This features Matthew Boulton and James Watt, who were most celebrated for bringing the steam engine into the textile manufacturing process. Jane Austen to be face of £10 note 2013-07-24T14:30:00Z As he stepped off the Royal Train - hauled into the Railway Museum by a steam engine - he looked totally relaxed . Royal-watchers and well-wishers await birth 2013-07-22T15:19:40Z A top Russian football club scrambled to tweak publicity photos after bloggers said they featured a backdrop of a steam engine used by the Nazis, it's claimed. Altered images: 'Nazi logo' deleted from club website 2013-07-12T15:32:09Z The talk of steam engines gave her an immediate idea for a passenger railway line. Bank notes need more women 2013-07-27T23:07:00Z Seventy-five years ago a world record was achieved by a steam engine called Mallard. VIDEO: On board classic A4 Class steam engine 2013-07-02T23:01:35Z We think of the 19th century industrial revolution being driven by steam engines, steam ships, metal, the expansion of rail, trains and other manly expressions of power. How Humans Might Feel 100,000 Years From Now 2013-06-11T13:36:27Z "Privacy is effectively a 20th century concept like the steam engine." Google hits back at snooping claims 2013-06-08T13:20:47Z “These are not just street strays,” he said above the hum of his steam engines. City Room: In an Old Steam Plant, Providing a Home for the Many Cats of Pratt 2013-05-24T18:43:00Z By the time the second commission on trawling was launched in 1883, fishing had been revolutionized again by the addition of steam engines. Net Loss: How We Continually Forget What the Oceans Really Used to Be Like [Excerpt] 2013-05-24T16:15:00.397Z Therefore, to compare computers with steam engines and electricity desperately misses the point. Why 140 Characters Are Better Than A Flying Car 2013-05-11T12:29:26Z But as productivity has slowed substantially in recent years, doubts have re-emerged about whether information technology can power economic growth like the steam engine and the internal combustion engine did in the past. Economic Scene: Economic Statistics Miss the Benefits of Technology 2013-04-30T22:36:33Z At the turn of the twentieth century, it was a great steam engine; a hundred years before that, an intricate piece of clockwork. Why Brain-Mapping Efforts Matter - Even If They Don t Succeed 2013-03-18T13:45:00.420Z The first and second industrial revolutions were defined by these general-purpose technologies, the steam engine and, later, electricity. Yes, Robots Are Coming for Our Jobs Now What? 2013-03-08T13:15:03.637Z The steam engine allowed trawlers to reach the ocean floor regardless of the conditions, further intensifying the destructive power of the gear. Net Loss: How We Continually Forget What the Oceans Really Used to Be Like [Excerpt] 2013-05-24T16:15:00.397Z Throughout his summation, Mr. Ashley kept repeating the “I wish” line, mimicking a steam engine as he tried to shoot down Ms. Bishop’s explanation that Annie died from “shaking and blunt force trauma.” Closing Arguments Given in Shaken-Baby Murder Case 2013-02-01T03:34:26Z This was a steam engine with efficiency comparable to modern internal combustion engines with lower emissions. Why don't we still drive steam cars? 2013-01-31T10:01:33Z She says the technology "is as big as steam engines... as big as the internet". VIDEO: 3D printing 'as big as the internet' 2013-01-28T17:19:30Z But it is worth bearing in mind that it was the ability to control convective heat, via the steam engine, which powered the industrial revolution. Channelling heat: Good conduct 2013-01-24T16:02:29Z For example, almost a hundred years separated the steam engine innovation and its peak technology deployment in the British economy. The Economist: Innovation Almost Dead. Perhaps Not So In Electricity 2013-01-23T13:17:53Z "I doubt Victorian playwrights felt compelled to write about the industrial revolution or steam engines," he says. What can theatre say about the internet? 2013-01-21T18:15:01Z Mention steam engines and most people will think of steam trains, not steam cars. Why don't we still drive steam cars? 2013-01-31T10:01:33Z As for the significance of a steam engine … well, no, me neither. Pep Guardiola and José Mourinho still in sights of the Premier League 2013-01-19T22:01:02Z It evoked a by-gone era and hinted at what the underground was like in 1863 when it was run with steam engines. Steam train travels back in time 2013-01-13T16:07:19Z Met Locomotive 1, a restored steam engine, travelled from its sheds near Earl's Court, west London, pulling Victorian carriages, to start a journey from Kensington Olympia to Moorgate. In pictures: Steam train on Tube 2013-01-13T12:08:11Z They will travel in coaches pulled by 1898-built steam engine, known as Met Locomotive No 1. Steam train takes to London Tube 2013-01-13T03:56:03Z REUTERS/Paul Curtis/Transport for London/Handout A restored steam engine travels into Baker Street underground station in central London December 16, 2012. London's Tube Celebrates 150th Anniversary 2013-01-11T08:00:00Z Roughly a century lapsed between the first commercial deployments of James Watt’s steam engine and steam’s peak contribution to British growth. Innovation pessimism: Has the ideas machine broken down? 2013-01-10T16:11:29Z Built in 1898, the steam engine was restored specially for the Tube's anniversary. Steam train travels back in time 2013-01-13T16:07:19Z Snow ploughs were deployed and the trains - mostly steam engines - got through. How did the big freeze of 1962 compare with today? 2012-12-20T13:02:55Z The Industrial Revolution of the 1820s occurred 40 years after James Watt’s steam engine; and the railroad concept pioneered in 1829 became transformative in the 1860s, setting the stage for national expansion in America. Top CEOs Share how Big Data is Transforming our Health, Wealth and Security 2012-12-17T16:04:03Z So engineers turned to steam engines to return the carts back up the line to the slate quarries before they were returned down the line under their own gravity. Loco to depart after 149 years 2012-11-10T09:22:10Z George Stephenson: the British inventor and designer of steam engines which would fire the Industrial Revolution. Britain's future lies in a culture of open and vigorous innovation 2012-10-13T23:18:01Z "As trains went past at night while they were still working they sounded their whistles very quietly... it sounded as if these steam engines were crying in sympathy with the people that had died." Rescuer recalls Harrow rail crash 2012-10-08T02:08:08Z At the visitors centre in Margate, they emit the sounds of real steam engines and their variety is astonishing. Britain's long history of model-making may be the Olympics' biggest loser 2012-09-28T20:30:01Z “But did technological civilization begin in the Renaissance or with the steam engine?” SETI's 'L Factor': Will E.T. Actually Be Around Long Enough To Phone Home? 2012-09-27T11:01:27Z In 1788, Boulton set up a mint in Birmingham, powered by the pair's steam engine, which manufactured coins difficult to counterfeit. A new sign of the financial times 2012-09-11T23:00:37Z It took more than the spinning jenny or the steam engine to transform local, agrarian, family-based communities into national, urban, individualistic ones. Way of the World: A U.S. Campaign Fixated on Another Era 2012-08-30T15:18:21Z Instead of eye-catching objects like the Hope Diamond at the Smithsonian or the steam engine at the Franklin Institute, exhibits at the Exploratorium here were more like handmade toys. Exploratorium to Reopen on San Francisco Bay in 2013 2012-08-13T22:30:17Z Zenman Energy is attempting to create a low cost solar steam engine generator. Meet the Guy Whose Tech Will Transform Solar Power...and He's Giving it Away 2012-08-06T06:16:52Z Britain's wealth did not start with the steam engine. Bradley Wiggins on his Olympic throne – a reminder of Britain's true history 2012-08-02T13:15:01Z Boulton and Watt were most celebrated for bringing the steam engine into the textile manufacturing process. A new sign of the financial times 2012-09-11T23:00:37Z He continued with the proclamation that, “It takes a thousand men to invent a telegraph, or a steam engine, or a phonograph, or a telephone or any other important thing.” The birth of experimental psychology: How do we measure beginnings? 2012-07-31T14:45:00.217Z Mechanisation, from the steam engine onwards, lightened the load of manual labour, creating jobs and wealth. British industry needs reinvention 2012-07-30T23:01:02Z The steam engine will power an electric motor which ties directly into the power grid. Meet the Guy Whose Tech Will Transform Solar Power...and He's Giving it Away 2012-08-06T06:16:52Z First, we might remember Marx's comment that "the windmill gives you a society with the feudal lord; the steam engine gives you one with the industrial capitalist." | The Stone: The Moral Hazard of Drones 2012-07-23T20:06:53Z GE said orders included a deal to build 176 locomotives for US rail firms, with demand from Australia for gas turbines and single-flow steam engines. GE optimistic despite profit fall 2012-07-20T12:39:27Z Suddenly, Zena, from Left Tusker's family, came barreling in from the southeast like a steam engine, aggressively forcing Wynona's family away from not only the prime drinking spot, but the entire water hole. Scientist at Work Blog: Life in the Elephant Tower 2012-07-19T22:09:07Z And there is a time for every event under heaven."""It steam engines when it comes steam engine time..." Virgin to launch small satellites 2012-07-11T13:58:32Z The invention of the printing press, the steam engine, and the railroads led to explosions in developments to the world’s governance and legal and frameworks. Ethics in the age of acceleration 2012-07-13T20:07:47Z The flame will travel on a train for a second time in one day when it travels on the - a steam engine and diesel locomotive heritage attraction - at about 17:54 BST. Jet Pack Man to carry relay flame 2012-07-02T19:06:29Z The Darley Dale Church Lane signal box, and steam engine – just a few quick puffs away from the Big Smoke, as nearby Matlock is known. Olympic torch route, day 42: Darley Dale, where Beryl and Edie reign 2012-06-29T06:00:02Z His steam engine has been credited as being a key player in igniting the Industrial Revolution. Tricentenary for steam pioneer 2012-06-27T11:39:25Z Weber saw so many wonders, the telephone, the light bulb, the telegraph, the steam engine, etc. and other marvels of the age, and grew interested in what we now call innovation in the US. Reshaping Organizations to Empower Work Ethic, part 1 2012-06-24T18:14:02Z Earlier in the day's 109-mile journey, the flame was carried on a steam engine on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway. Torchbearer proposes during relay 2012-06-18T17:30:01Z Not far from the modernist sculpture marking the 66th latitude, there is another monument - a steam engine mounted on a plinth. Joseph Stalin's deadly railway to nowhere 2012-06-06T23:23:49Z “Everyone knows that print editions are going the way of the steam engine, but I question whether they have the readiness to make this switch in such a hurry.” New Orleans Times-Picayune Scales Back in Sign of Print Woes 2012-05-25T02:00:02Z He told BBC News: "Newcomen was the father of the steam engine, and Manchester became the centre of the steam-powered Industrial Revolution." Tricentenary for steam pioneer 2012-06-27T11:39:25Z The Orpheus of our day has made tones sound through the great capital of machinery and a Copenhagener has said that 'his fingers are simply railroads and steam engines.' Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z The carving of a steam engine in black granite will rest on top of a plinth, which includes a montage of images representing the railway industry. Memorial unveiled to rail workers 2012-05-22T01:14:45Z Yet soon afterwards the telescope, the microscope, the barometer, the thermometer, the air-pump, the steam engine, the pendulum, and the electrical machine were invented in rapid succession. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z Our new era may be a scant 250 years old, dating to James Watt's steam engine. Happy Earth Day! Welcome to the Anthropocene 2012-04-22T14:15:02.580Z "He was the engineer who first made a steam engine that could be used in industry, and therefore in commerce," explained the Newcomen Society's Michael Bailey. Tricentenary for steam pioneer 2012-06-27T11:39:25Z The steam engine, automobile and airplane, as they opened big new markets, prompted patent wars, noted David J. Kappos, director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Microsoft to Buy AOL Patents for More Than $1 Billion 2012-04-09T23:42:23Z Tables of the work performed by various steam engines working between different stated temperatures were given at the close of the "Account," and compared with the theoretical "duty" as calculated for112 Carnot's ideal perfect engine. Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work 2012-04-06T02:00:32.097Z It has been for the enlightened student of physics what the understanding of the mechanism of the firearm or of the steam engine is for the barbarian. The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting 2012-03-28T02:00:22.660Z The exhaust pipe of a steam engine, or any pipe delivering steam or air, when so constructed as to cause a blast. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z The construction and management of steam engines and boilers. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z The steam engine started with the most primitive kind of apparatus. Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z Resort is sometimes had to steam engines, which force the spraying solution along pipes laid between the rows of hops. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z In 1792 he entered into a short-lived partnership with Fitch to manufacture steam engines. Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers 2012-03-15T02:00:31.610Z Ballast engine, a steam engine used in excavating and for digging and raising stones and gravel for ballast. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z In the cylinder of a steam engine, therefore, the heat contained in the steam is disposed of as follows: A certain portion of it is converted into work through the medium of the piston. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z Perhaps we can make this clearer by studying the evolution of the steam engine. Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z One hundred years ago, there were no puffing steam engines, drawing thousands, with the rapidity of lightning, to Brighton, Ramsgate, Margate, and Folkestone. Geoffery Gambado A Simple Remedy for Hypochondriacism and Melancholy Splenetic Humours 2012-03-14T02:00:27.650Z Horace Greeley had visited it in the fifties, had lectured in what was afterwards Washington Hall, Watertown, and had been tremendously impressed by Mr. Bradford’s portable steam engine. The Story of the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdensburg RailRoad 2012-03-02T03:00:07.920Z An apparatus for testing the power of a steam engine, or other motor, by weighing the amount of friction that the motor will overcome; a friction brake. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Referring now to the simplest form of high pressure stationary steam engine, such as represented in Figs. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z If the marine steam engine be such a wonderfully-improved machine in that period of time, what may not photography be when the art-science is fifty years old? The Evolution of Photography With a Chronological Record of Discoveries, Inventions, etc., Contributions to Photographic Literature, and Personal Reminescences Extending over Forty Years 2012-02-15T03:00:30.577Z There is a fair demand for cane-crushing mills, steam engines and turbines. West African studies 2012-02-15T03:00:28.537Z It appears that in boring for water they discovered gas, which they now utilize to light the station and to work a steam engine. Pictures of Canadian Life A Record of Actual Experiences 2012-02-14T03:00:28.520Z |
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