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    working model of the steam digester in 1679 and Thomas Savery's steam pump in 17th-century England. In 1712, Thomas Newcomen's atmospheric engine became...
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    A model steam engine is a small steam engine not built for serious use. Often they are built as an educational toy for children, in which case it is also...
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    The Watt steam engine design was an invention of James Watt that became synonymous with steam engines during the Industrial Revolution, and it was many...
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  • Thumbnail for Steam engine
    A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid. The steam engine uses the force produced by steam pressure...
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  • Thumbnail for Model engine
    A model engine is a small internal combustion engine typically used to power a radio-controlled aircraft, radio-controlled car, radio-controlled boat,...
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    A marine steam engine is a steam engine that is used to power a ship or boat. This article deals mainly with marine steam engines of the reciprocating...
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    An oscillating cylinder steam engine (also known as a wobbler in the US)[citation needed] is a simple steam-engine design (proposed by William Murdoch...
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    compound steam engine unit is a type of steam engine where steam is expanded in two or more stages. A typical arrangement for a compound engine is that...
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    industry steam turbines are not normally referred to as "live steam". Steamrollers and traction engines are popular, in 1:4 or 1:3 scale, as are model stationary...
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    A steam car is a car (automobile) propelled by a steam engine. A steam engine is an external combustion engine (ECE), whereas the gasoline and diesel engines...
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    than Newcomen in relation to the origin of the steam engine. Prior to Newcomen a number of small steam devices of various sorts had been made, but most...
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    areas of model engineering interest are live steam models (typically steam locomotives, stationary engines, marine steam engines, Showman's engines, and traction...
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    A traction engine is a steam-powered tractor used to move heavy loads on roads, plough ground or to provide power at a chosen location. The name derives...
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  • Thumbnail for Corliss steam engine
    A Corliss steam engine (or Corliss engine) is a steam engine, fitted with rotary valves and with variable valve timing patented in 1849, invented by and...
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    Shigeo" in the Japanese surname-first tradition) for the production of model steam engines. The name of the firm could have either originated from the traditional...
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  • Jensen Steam Engines is a manufacturer of model/toy steam engines, located in Jeannette, PA USA. Established in 1932 by Tom Jensen Sr. They are still making...
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    Aeolipile (redirect from Steam ball)
    Heron's) engine, is a simple, bladeless radial steam turbine which spins when the central water container is heated. Torque is produced by steam jets exiting...
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  • Model engine include: Jetex engine, a model rocket motor Live steam, for model steam locomotives Model engine, for model internal combustion engines Carbureted...
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  • Thumbnail for Stationary steam engine
    Stationary steam engines are fixed steam engines used for pumping or driving mills and factories, and for power generation. They are distinct from locomotive...
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  • Thumbnail for Doble steam car
    The Doble steam car was an American steam car maker from 1909 to 1931. Its latter models of steam car, with fast-firing boiler and electric start, were...
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    combustion engine, used extensively in motor vehicles; the steam engine, the mainstay of the Industrial Revolution; and the Stirling engine for niche applications...
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    A steam turbine or steam turbine engine is a machine or heat engine that extracts thermal energy from pressurized steam and uses it to do mechanical work...
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    as engines—the steam engine being a notable example. However, the original steam engines, such as those by Thomas Savery, were not mechanical engines but...
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  • steam cars that operated from 1902 to 1924, going defunct after it failed to adapt to competition from rapidly improving internal combustion engine vehicles...
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  • model was not based on a prototype. After Awdry's wife encouraged him to publish the stories, the publisher of the second book Thomas the Tank Engine...
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    A steam-powered aircraft is an aircraft propelled by a steam engine. Steam power was used during the 19th century, but fell into disuse with the arrival...
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    of buttons and buckles. Watt did not invent the steam engine and there is no single 'Watt steam engine' as such. He developed a number of separate innovations...
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  • Mamod (category Toy steam engine manufacturers)
    name "Mamod" is a combination of "Malins Models." Initially, the company manufactured stationary steam engines, which were originally sold under the 'Hobbies'...
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    locate the grave and the model steam engine which the Marquis stated should be buried with him. Woodcroft hoped, if the model was located, that "Englishmen...
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  • along with the closed beta of the Linux version of Steam. Both the OS X and Linux ports of the engine take advantage of OpenGL and are powered by Simple...
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