The introduction of several advanced, efficient, and more robust power options over the years has largely overshadowed steam ...

This paper provides a description of the main features of the steam engine and air blowing system for smelting, developed and installed by Ivan Ivanovich Polzunov in the Altai province of south-west ...

IN this, the third edition, Dr. Ewing has thoroughly revised his well-known text-book, and to some extent he has rewritten certain chapters; for example, the chapter on steam turbines is new, and the ...

Once upon a time, the steam engine reigned supreme -- first in trains and heavy tractors, as you well know, but eventually in cars as well. It's quite hard to fathom today, but at the turn of the 20th ...

Imagine traveling back in time about 2,200 years, to when nothing moves faster than the speed at which muscle or wind can move it. Think about how mind-shattering it would have been to see something ...

The first artifact installed at the National Museum of Industrial History is only now ready to show visitors its potential. It's been a lengthy road for the 115-ton Corliss steam engine, begun with ...

The evolution of the steam engine is among the milestones in the history of technology, transforming transport, industry, and society. While steam engines and pumps existed from the late 17th century, ...

When the all-new fifth-generation Chevrolet Corvette had its premiere in 1997, it packed a likewise all-new LS1 V8 engine making 345 horsepower and 350 pound-feet of torque — which was enough to ...

If engineering choices a hundred years ago had been only slightly different, we could have ended up in a world full of steam engines rather than internal combustion engines. For now, though, steam ...

Chevrolet's most iconic vehicles ever made include industry legends like the Corvette, Camaro, and Bel Air. The famous bowtie logo has been around for over a century, and Chevy's LS series of V8 ...

Cincinnati’s wonderful Fire Museum on Court Street continually burnishes our city’s two fire-fighting claims to fame: Cincinnati created the first professional fire department in the United States in ...