We had no idea that what’s needed to convert an internal combustion engine to steam power is actually rather trivial. [David Nash] shows us how it’s done by performing the alterations on the ...

To see a sphere whizzing about trailing plumes of steam while flames licked ... the lid of a large kettle. [Make It Extreme] took great pains to make the engine safe, with relief valves and ...

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 ...