Object Details maker, reproduction U.S. National Museum Description An engine indicator is an instrument for graphically recording the cylinder pressure versus piston displacement through an engine ...

We are in receipt from the publisher, D. Van Nostrand, Nos. 23 Murray street and 27 Warren street, New York city, of a copy of a work on the steam engine indicator; being the treatise of Charles T ...

Shrinking an engine down to a tiny device capable of powering micromachines is no longer just a flight of fancy. The world's smallest steam engine combines a small plastic bead with lasers to ...

Greek engineer Hero of Alexandria designs the first steam engine; it has a pedestal, an altar, and a rotating ball—but no practical use. French inventor Denis Papin builds a cooker that traps ...

The Kew Bridge Steam Museum in London has the largest working Cornish Steam Engine in the World. It was actually built for the site to pump water to West London and started work on the 30th May 1846.