Egyptology and natural history. This is an interactive sectional model of double-acting steam engine. The valve allows high-pressure steam to act alternately on both faces of the piston.

Mark Miodownik shows a working model of a steam engine originally made the blacksmith ... This clip will be relevant for teaching Physics and History. This topic appears in OCR, Edexcel, AQA ...

A fleet of dedicated volunteers and staff have spent months working to return the 1911 Petrie engine to its former glory.

Although the paddle wheel antedates the Christian era, the earliest recorded attempt to utilize steam to turn the paddle ... adapted for low pressures. The engine drove paddle wheels SitUated ...

This is a demonstration model of a uniflow steam engine valve introduced in 1908 by Johann Stumpf of Germany. The model was constructed by Severn-Lamb Ltd. of Stratford-upon-Avon, England. Engines ...

Case Steam Engine No. 1. Traction steam engines were made about 1876. These early models required a team hitched in front for steering. By 1885 this was changed by the use of steering chains wound ...

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 ...

This toy steam engine was made by the Bing Works company in Bavaria, Germany during the early 20th century. The engine has a black firebox and horizontal boiler with simulated brickwork chimney that ...

One last tip: if you’re hungry to know more about the history of the steam engine, The Perfectionists is absolutely a book you should read because it goes into fascinating detail about that ...