This article was originally published with the title “Romance of the Steam Engine” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 3 No. 24new (December 1860), p. 372 ...

Steam engines, believe it or not, have been around for over 300 years. In England in 1698, Thomas Savery patented the first working steam engine—this was a simple machine that utilized the ...

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TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of ...

The extract relates to the measuring of steam used for heating. " The engineer is often called to determine the amount of steam that is used to heat apartments, liquids, etc.