Every now and again one runs into a reference about a guy called Hero of Alexandria, who (it is said) created a steam engine some time around 60 AD. In fact, I even made mention of this in my ...
Steam locomotives clattering along railway tracks. Paddle steamers churning down the Murray. Dreadnought battleships powered by steam engines. Many of us think the age of steam has ended. But while ...
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