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 ...

Cincinnati’s wonderful Fire Museum on Court Street continually burnishes our city’s two fire-fighting claims to fame: Cincinnati created the first professional fire department in the United States in ...

BERLIN, Jan 14 (Reuters) - The steam engine is still shaping Germany's economy long after its invention with a new study saying areas that adopted the technology early still carry advantages, ...

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 ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This model was filed with the ...