The steam engine is often credited as one of the most transformative inventions in human history. It laid the foundation for the Industrial Revolution, revolutionised transport, and shifted the ...

When an inventor has a unit of measurement named after him, it's clear his work had more than a small impact on scientific and industrial progress. So it was for James Watt, whose Watt engine is often ...

The annexed engravings are views of an improved gague for steam engines, invented by J. L. Eastman, of East Boston, Mass,, who has taken measures to secure a patetit for the same. Figure 1 is an ...

MOUNT PLEASANT — For all but one of the past 71 years, the Midwest Old Threshers Reunion has been a celebration of human invention and innovation, but absent from the event has been representation of ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. An engine indicator is an instrument ...

Opinions expressed by Digital Journal contributors are their own. If you were to list the greatest challenges facing humanity, would anyone have ‘centralised finance’ as their personal number one?

Cincinnati’s wonderful Fire Museum on Court Street continually burnishes our city’s two fire-fighting claims to fame: Cincinnati created the first professional fire department in the United States in ...

Heron of Alexandria was an important ancient Greek inventor of mechanical devices whose inventions included the first steam ...