The Whitbread Engine preserved in the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney, Australia, built in 1785, is one of the first rotative steam engines ever built, and...

engines at Crofton still perform this function. The oldest extant rotative steam engine, the Whitbread Engine (from 1785, the third rotative engine ever...

became Whitbread & Co Ltd. Samuel Whitbread was born on 20 August 1720 at Cardington in Bedfordshire, the seventh of eight children of Henry Whitbread. At...

working engine; one of the first rotative steam engines The oldest working engine, the Smethwick Engine, and the second oldest, the Whitbread Engine, are...

engines are fixed steam engines used for pumping or driving mills and factories, and for power generation. They are distinct from locomotive engines used...

1664 – 5 August 1729) was an English inventor, creator of the atmospheric engine in 1712, Baptist preacher by calling and ironmonger by trade. He was born...

of England £50 note along with Matthew Boulton, James Watt, and the Whitbread Engine. Soho Foundry Soho Mint Old Bess A History of Birmingham, Chris Upton...

and industrialist and entrepreneur Matthew Boulton, along with the Whitbread Engine and the Soho Manufactory. The note has a number of security features...

beginning with Newcomen's. The Lap Engine of 1788, also the Whitbread Engine (1785), represent survivors of the first engines to show all of Watt's major improvements...

engineer. In 1765, he began experimenting with working models of steam-engine-powered vehicles for the French Army, intended for transporting cannons...

traditional patriarchy Patriarch, the sailing ship used to transport the Whitbread Engine A character in the video game Killing Floor "The Patriarchs" (poem)...

Prize and the 2003 Blue Peter Book Award. It was shortlisted for the 2002 Whitbread Award, the 2004 ALA's Notable Books for Children award and the 2020 Blue...

In mechanical engineering, the cylinders of reciprocating engines are often classified by whether they are single- or double-acting, depending on how...

exhibits including the oldest operational rotative steam engine in the world, the Whitbread Engine. Dating from 1785, it is one of only a handful remaining...

entering the device. In the case of a reciprocating internal combustion engine, a piston cannot complete its travel and mechanical failure may occur if...

Rotative beam Soho Manufactory engine (1782) Bradley Works engine (1783) Whitbread Engine (1785) National Museum of Scotland engine (1786) Lap Engine (1788)...

Rotative beam Soho Manufactory engine (1782) Bradley Works engine (1783) Whitbread Engine (1785) National Museum of Scotland engine (1786) Lap Engine (1788)...

A connecting rod, also called a 'con rod', is the part of a piston engine which connects the piston to the crankshaft. Together with the crank, the connecting...

new design in Series F, featuring James Watt, Matthew Boulton, the Whitbread Engine and Soho Manufactory. It entered circulation on 2 November 2011 and...

in a trunk engine. Therefore, the longitudinal dimension of the crosshead must be matched to the stroke of the engine. On smaller engines, the connecting...

A house-built engine is a stationary steam engine that is built into an engine house, such that it uses the masonry of the engine house as an integral...

the firm of Boulton & Watt and worked for them in Cornwall, as a steam engine erector for ten years, spending most of the rest of his life in Birmingham...

Rotative beam Soho Manufactory engine (1782) Bradley Works engine (1783) Whitbread Engine (1785) National Museum of Scotland engine (1786) Lap Engine (1788)...

A crankshaft is a mechanical component used in a piston engine to convert the reciprocating motion into rotational motion. The crankshaft is a rotating...

reciprocating motion to rotary motion and was used in the first rotative beam engines. It was invented by the Scottish engineer William Murdoch, an employee...

Stockton and Darlington Railway, the safety valve tended to go off when the engine hit a bump in the track. A valve less sensitive to sudden accelerations...

High-speed steam engines were one of the final developments of the stationary steam engine. They ran at a high speed, of several hundred rpm, which was...

(pumped liquid cooling, air cooling, etc.). The working fluid of a heat engine or heat pump is a gas or liquid, usually called a refrigerant, coolant,...

road vehicles comprises the development of vehicles powered by a steam engine for use on land and independent of rails, whether for conventional road...

varieties of drawings. Smethwick Engine, Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum, manufactured 1779. Whitbread Engine, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, manufactured...