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 ...

Heron, the great inventor of Alexandria, described in detail what is thought to be the first working steam engine. He called it an aeolipile, or "wind ball". His design was a sealed caldron of water ...

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 ...

In the years after the Revolutionary War, Philadelphia was the place to be for riverboat technology. And it just so happened that in April 1785, Connecticut-born inventor John Fitch — whose previous ...

Diesel engine inventor Rudolf Diesel’s disappearance and death was ruled a suicide, but theories point to foul play ...

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