Before the age of the modern automobile, an inventor in Racine named Reverend Dr. John Wesley Carhart designed and operated ...

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 ...

that we have far more confidence in balloons than steam carriages on common roads. An invention to be successful must not only be new, but useful—an improvement. Any plan or invention having ...

Michael Mosley, Cassie Newland and Mark Miodownik describe the scientific achievements of Thomas Newcomen and James Watt. These two geniuses were the first to transfer heat energy into useable ...

Each week the team take three key inventions that advanced our knowledge in the fields of speed, power, communication and the visual image From the first attempts at creating a steam engine to jet ...

An introduction to some significant inventions from the Victorian era ... significantly helped the Victorians build railways and steam engines at a rapid pace. In 1837 Isambard Kingdom Brunel ...