Condensation also pulls a fairly strong vacuum. At 100C, 1.3cc of steam condenses to about 1 cubic millimeter of water. Engines which use that kind of boost from a phase change are called ...

(The steam turbine, a type of engine used in the Titanic and other steamships, wasn't developed until the late 1800s.) In this Hot Science, you have complete control of your own virtual, ...

In this form it is claimed that a gain in work done by the combined air and steam engine was made of 42 ... when contrasted with that obtained from engines of standard types, actuated by steam, ...

The book opens with a general discussion of a reciprocating steam engine, followed by types of single-valve engines. The valve ellipse, together with the Zeuner, Reuleaux, ...

What seemed to finalize the impact of the Watt engine on the Industrial Revolution was his creation of the double-acting engine. Doubling the efficiency, it condensed steam both above and below ...

Before internal combustion engines won over the automotive industry, they had to fight off rival forms of propulsion like early electric drive tech, and even grandfathered-in steam engines.This ...

A steam engine rally was held in Ireland last year for the first time and about 11,000 people attended. This year, the rally will feature the greatest collection of steam engines ever assembled in ...