A beautiful drawing, exact in detail, and exhibiting great neatness of finish. No. 1, of its class. Silver Medal. [P. 28.] The Fourth Exhibition of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association, ...

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 ...

Report of the First Annual Exhibition of Ingenuity and Design, held in the City of Philadelphia from the 1st to the 9th of May, 1857, by the Pennsylvania Institute. For the Encouragement of ...

The steam engine is often credited as one of the most transformative inventions in human history. It laid the foundation for the Industrial Revolution, revolutionised transport, and shifted the ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Each Monday, this column turns a page in history to explore the discoveries, events and people ...

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 ...