Steam engines behind German wage and innovation gaps 150 years on, study shows

The steam engine is still shaping Germany's economy long after its invention with a new study saying areas that adopted the ...
Popular Mechanics

The Clever Way the First Steam Engines Worked

Steam is among the most common phenomena on Earth—boil water, and it appears. Wrangling it into engines was among the most significant developments in human history, not to mention fashion. For it's ...
Scientific American

Centenary of the Steam Engine—James Watt

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East Valley Tribune

The inventor of the internal combustion engine, Nicolaus Otto

All Nicolaus Otto wanted to do was make enough money to marry his wife, settle down and begin a career. He was 26 and a seemingly happy young man who was content to sell sugar, rice, coffee or tea ...
Des Moines Register

'It changed the course of history': Mount Pleasant engineer builds replica of world's first steam engine

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 ...