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 ...

In 1769 Watt sought and obtained a patent for a "new method for lessening the consumption of steam and fuel in fire engines". In 1776, he built an engine with a cylinder of 127 cm diameter to pump ...

The RARH Cylinders include tough aluminum construction which provides a lower weight solution as compared with steel cylinders. Performance and durability are not compromised by their reduced ...

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The subject of Professor Hall's lecture in the Jefferson Physical Laboratory last evening was "The History and Theory of the Steam Engine." The lecture was illustrated by stereopticon views and ...

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