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The reciprocating engine has been all the rage for at least three centuries. The first widely adopted engine of this type was the steam engine with a piston translating linear motion into rotational ...
Steam is among the most common phenomena on Earth—boil water, and it appears. Wrangling it into engines was among the most significant developments in human history, not to mention fashion. For it's ...
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Meet the Greek Inventor Who Built the First Steam Engine
Long before the Industrial Revolution, one man in ancient Greece was building machines that shouldn’t have been possible. He ...
Rare classic tractors and century-old steam engines will be among the top attractions at a £1m auction of vintage machinery on October 17-18 at ...
Illinois Central steam locomotive No. 790 had spent 55 years in freight service and was headed for the scrap yard in 1959 when “railfan” Lou Keller bought it and brought it to Cedar Rapids from ...
On Feb. 17, 1853 the Fishkill Landing Machine Company was incorporated with an initial capital of $25,000. Robert J. Halgin became president of the company. At first, the company leased a building ...
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