Heron, the great inventor of Alexandria, described in detail what is thought to be the first working steam engine. He called it an aeolipile, or "wind ball". His design was a sealed caldron of water ...

Old Tige — one of the first steam engine fire apparatuses in Dallas — is back on display at the East Dallas museum after ...

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

Despite the widespread conversion to electrical power at other collieries, this winding engine continued to be powered by steam until Elliot Colliery closed in 1967. A first phase of restoration ...