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Steam Engines
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Guide4 Aug 2026From Vacuum to Engine: Savery, Newcomen, Smeaton and WattFive milestones across eighty years that turn a laboratory observation about atmospheric pressure into a general source of industrial power.8 min readRead MoreGuide4 Aug 2026High Pressure and the Portable Engine: Trevithick and EvansThree milestones that made the engine small enough to move, by doing the one thing James Watt refused to do.7 min readRead MoreGuide4 Aug 2026Steam Afloat and on Rails: Wilkinson, Trevithick, Fulton and RainhillFour milestones in which the compact high-pressure engine and the iron hull between them end the age in which transport meant wind, water and muscle.7 min readRead More