Belching out black smoke, steam locomotives (SLs) boasted an unyielding presence on Japan’s rails decades ago.

Technology tends to have a way of becoming smaller as it evolves. The ever-convenient microchip and lithium-ion battery serve in tandem as the brains of so many devices today, and their sleek and ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This is a model illustrating the ...

In an unusual sort-of time-traveling-industrial-kinship, a historic Bay Area train steam engine in need of new parts is getting a helping hand from an equally historic gold country foundry. The ...

When your steam engine build requires multiple microscopes, including those of the scanning electron variety, you know you’re building something really, really tiny. All of the usual tiny superlatives ...

Sometimes, looking back at history helps us understand what is happening to us today. When the steam engine arrived in factories, it wasn’t just a technical innovation, it changed the world. Suddenly, ...

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 ...

If you were to take a trip to the United Kingdom, you might find that there is a curious love for historic steam engines and ...

A DISCUSSION on the standards of comparison in connexion with the thermal efficiency of steam engines was held at the Institution of Civil Engineers on Thursday, December n. The Heat Engine and Boiler ...