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- The term steam engine may also refer to an entire steam locomotive.
A steam engine requires a boiler to boil water to produce steam. The expansion—or contraction—of steam exerts force upon a piston or turbine blade, whose motion can be harnessed for the work of turning wheels or driving other machinery. One of the advantages of the steam engine is that any heat source can be used to raise steam in the boiler; but the most common is a fire fueled by wood, coal or oil or the utilisation of the heat energy generated in a nuclear reactor.
Invention and development
The first recorded steam device, the aeolipile, was invented by Hero of Alexandria, a Greek, in the 1st century AD, but used only as a toy. In 1663, Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Worcester published designs for, and may have installed, a steam-powered engine for pumping water at Vauxhall House. In about 1687 the French physicist Denis Papin, with the help of Gottfried Leibniz, built a steam digester for softening bones, i.e. he invented the world's first-ever pressure cooker. Later designs implemented a steam-release valve to keep the device from exploding. By watching the valve rhythmically move up and down Papin conceived of the idea of a piston and cylinder engine. Papin wrote up the designs for such a device (as pictured adjacent), however he never built an actual steam engine. Engineer Thomas Savery later used Papin's designs to build the world's first operational steam engine. More on [ Steam engine ]
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ordinal (Ordinal Malaprop) Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:46:08 -0000
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Wright brothers aeroplane, steam engines, typewriters, logic gates, gears, pulleys, radars, mobile communication, bar code reader #museum
nandinimungee (Nandini Mungee) Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:31:55 -0000
Wright brothers aeroplane, steam engines, typewriters, logic gates, gears, pulleys, radars, mobile communication, bar code reader #museum
@afrofantasy How's the steam flowing? I picked up Mortal Engines from the library a week back. The #steamcraft in... http://ff.im/-dVrri
PurpleZoe (PurpleZoe) Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:34:28 -0000
@afrofantasy How's the steam flowing? I picked up Mortal Engines from the library a week back. The #steamcraft in... http://ff.im/-dVrri
@Ellie_Crane steam engines? My dad would be over the moon (or perhaps I should say "chuffed" ;-))
PaulAtTheHug (Paul Oldham) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:18:00 -0000
@Ellie_Crane steam engines? My dad would be over the moon (or perhaps I should say "chuffed" ;-))
RT @Workshopshed: @railwaymuseum I gather steam engines work well in the snow http://is.gd/5NRSM and http://is.gd/5NRVF
fleming77 (Jane Fleming) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 10:57:51 -0000
RT @Workshopshed: @railwaymuseum I gather steam engines work well in the snow http://is.gd/5NRSM and http://is.gd/5NRVF
Steam train's anyone!RT @Workshopshed: @railwaymuseum I gather steam engines work well in the snow http://is.gd/5NRSM and http://is.gd/5NRVF
iggyquiggy (Paul Quigley) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 10:44:05 -0000
Steam train's anyone!RT @Workshopshed: @railwaymuseum I gather steam engines work well in the snow http://is.gd/5NRSM and http://is.gd/5NRVF
Green Steam Engine - Plans and parts for a novel steam engine designed for practical applications that is efficient, ecnomical, and easy to build. Mail order and on-line.
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Jensen Steam Engine Manufacturing Co. - Specializes in cast iron and brass, working miniature steam engines for hobbyists, educators, commercial demonstrations and collectors.
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