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• BLAST FURNACE GAS
        History      Blast furnaces existed in China from about the 5th century BC, and in t... Read more »»
  
  
• About us
    We are  dedicated to the preservation, distribution and commercialization of technical information from the 19th century (Industrial Revolution) and beginning of the 20th century from all... Read more »»
  
  
• TEXTILE MACHINES Industrial Revolution
        In the early 18th century, British textile manufacture was based on wool which was processed by individual artisans, doing the spinning and weaving on their own premises. This... Read more »»
  
  
• PNEUMATIC MAIL
      Pneumatic post or pneumatic mail is a system to deliver letters through pressurized air tubes. It was invented by the Scottish engineer William Murdoch in the 1800s and was later devel... Read more »»
  
  
• CEMENT MILLS
        Early hydraulic cements, such as those of James Parker, James Frost and Joseph Aspdin were relatively soft and readily ground by the primitive technology of the day, using flat... Read more »»
  
  
• MOTORWAGEN
      Im 19. Jahrhundert   Im 19. Jahrhundert wurde eine Vielzahl an Dampfautomobilen gebaut. Zudem experimentierten Erfinder und Ingenieure in ganz Europa mit Muskelkraftwagen und Se... Read more »»
  
  
• PRINTING PRESS
        Koenig's steam-powered printing press.     The Gutenberg press was much more efficient than manual copying and still was largely unchanged in the eras of John Bask... Read more »»
  
  
• ELEVATOR
      The first reference to an elevator is in the works of the Roman architect Vitruvius, who reported that Archimedes built his first elevator, probably in 236 B.C. In some literary source... Read more »»
  
  
• STEAM ENGINE
      Steam power   The development of the stationary steam engine was an essential early element of the Industrial Revolution; however, for most of the period of the Industrial Rev... Read more »»
  
  
• STEAM ROAD ROLLER
      A steamroller (or steam roller) is a form of road roller – a type of heavy construction machinery used for leveling surfaces, such as roads or airfields – that is powered b... Read more »»
  
  
• FIRE PUMP CAR
      Ctesibius of Alexandria is credited with inventing the first fire pump around the second century B.C., and an example of a force-pump possibly used for a fire-engine is mentioned by He... Read more »»
  
  
• JACQUARD LOOM - World's first programmable machine
              The Jacquard loom is a mechanical loom, invented by Joseph Marie Jacquard in 1801, that simplifies the process of manufacturing textiles with complex pa... Read more »»
  
  
• THRESHING MACHINE
        The thrashing machine, or, in modern spelling, threshing machine (or simply thresher), was a machine first invented by Scottish mechanical engineer Andrew Meikle for use in agr... Read more »»
  
  
• COMBINE HARVESTER
        The combine harvester, or simply combine, is a machine that harvests grain crops. The objective is to complete three processes, which used to be distinct, in one pass of the ma... Read more »»
  
  
• RAIL TURNTABLE
      In rail terminology, a turntable is a device used to turn railroad rolling stock. When steam locomotives were still in wide use, many railroads needed a way to turn the locomotives a... Read more »»
  
  
• PADDLE STEAMER
      A paddle steamer is a ship or boat driven by a steam engine that uses one or more paddle wheels to develop thrust for propulsion. It is also a type of steamboat. Boats with paddle wh... Read more »»
  
  
• STEAM BOAT
    A steamboat or steamship, sometimes called a steamer, is a ship in which the primary method of propulsion is steam power, typically driving propellers or paddlewheels.   The term stea... Read more »»
  
  
• STEAM HAMMER FORGE
      A steam hammer is a power-driven hammer used to shape forgings. It consists of a hammer-like piston located within a cylinder. The hammer is raised by the pressure of steam injected... Read more »»
  
  
• SEWING MACHINE
      History and development of the sewing machine.   In 1791 British inventor Thomas Saint was the first to patent a design for a sewing machine. His machine was meant to be used... Read more »»
  
  
• MINING INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
        Mining   Coal mining in Britain, particularly in South Wales started early. Before the steam engine, pits were often shallow bell pits following a seam of coal along t... Read more »»
  
  
• TRAMCAR, STREETCAR OR TROLLEY
        A tram, tramcar, trolley, trolleycar, or streetcar is a railborne vehicle, of lighter weight and construction than a conventional train, designed for the transport of passenger... Read more »»
  
  
• STEAM LOCOMOTIVE
        A steam locomotive is a locomotive powered by steam. The term usually refers to its use on railways, but can also refer to a "road locomotive" such as a traction engi... Read more »»
  
  
• ELECTRIC CLOCK
      An electric clock is a clock that is powered by electricity instead of powered manually or by other sources of energy, specifically in order to wind the mainspring or to drive the pe... Read more »»
  
  
• MINT COIN PRESS
        A mint is an industrial facility which manufactures coins for currency.   The history of mints correlates closely with the history of coins. One difference is that the h... Read more »»
  
  
• PAPERMAKING
        Papermaking is the process of making paper, a substance which is used ubiquitously today for writing and packaging.   In papermaking a dilute suspension of fibers in wat... Read more »»