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The logo changed with the times: the Tower, transport ship and steam locomotive ; in later years, the Tower, the Bay Bridge, larger transport ship, diesel engine, the china clipper and later, a jet airplane.
The clipper sailing ship Dunedin, owned by the New Zealand and Australian Land Company ( NZALC ), was refitted in 1881 with a Bell-Coleman compression refrigeration machine — this steam powered freezer unit worked by, compressing air, then releasing it into the hold of the ship.

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This voyage was the first successful crossing of the Atlantic under steam propulsion.
The `` leapfrog '' was a phenomenon of the railroad and the steam turbine, and the time when the belts of residence surrounding the old factory area were not yet blighted.
The official winners were Peugeot and Panhard as cars were judged on their speed, handling and safety characteristics, and De Dion's steam car needed a stoker which was forbidden.
This change was pushed forward by the development of heavier naval guns ( the ironclads of the 1880s carried some of the heaviest guns ever mounted at sea ), more sophisticated steam engines, and advances in metallurgy which made steel shipbuilding possible.
This coal was valuable for steam railways and steam ships, and an export trade began, via the Taff Vale Railway and the port of Cardiff.
The first water caterpillar was developed by Desblancs in 1782 and propelled by a steam engine.
However the rope available at the time proved too susceptible to wear and the system was abandoned in favour of steam locomotives after eight years.
The line was closed and rebuilt, and reopened with steam locomotives.
In 1883 the New York and Brooklyn Bridge Railway was opened, which had a most curious feature: though it was a cable car system, it used steam locomotives to get the cars into and out of the terminals.
The British A4 class steam locomotive No. 4496 ( renumbered 60008 ) Golden Shuttle was renamed Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1946.
From 1881 through 1888 Diego Garcia was the location of two coaling stations for steam ships crossing the Indian Ocean.
The first was the introduction of the steam turbine.
Alexandra was a three-masted sailing ship with auxiliary steam power, and despite remaining flagship was already outdated in a navy which was steadily transitioning from sail to steam.
This steam locomotive dating from the 1930s still operates, carrying both freight and tourists. As of 1999, there was a total of 317 kilometres of ( narrow gauge ) rail line in Eritrea.
Before central power stations were widely introduced it was common for industries, large hotels and commercial buildings to generate their own power and use low pressure exhaust steam for heating.
The term motor was originally used to distinguish the new internal combustion engine-powered vehicles from earlier vehicles powered by steam engines, such as the steam roller and motor roller, but may be used to refer to any engine.

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Improving on the design of the 1712 Newcomen steam engine, the Watt steam engine, developed sporadically from 1763 to 1775, was a great step in the development of the steam engine.
However by 1783 the more economical Watt steam engine had been fully developed into a double-acting rotative type, which meant that it could be used to directly drive the rotary machinery of a factory or mill.
Until about 1800, the most common pattern of steam engine was the beam engine, built as an integral part of a stone or brick engine-house, but soon various patterns of self-contained portative engines ( readily removable, but not on wheels ) were developed, such as the table engine.
Vacuum pumps were added to the tubing systems, and preheaters were developed to recycle heat lost in the steam.
( A similar system was developed with armoured steam engines back in 1914 – 1918.
The reciprocating engine developed in Europe during the 18th century, first as the atmospheric engine then later as the steam engine.
Mehmood working in the KANUPP-I where he had developed a scientific instrument, the SBM probe to detect leaks in steam pipes, a problem that was affecting nuclear plants all over the world and is still used worldwide.
A number of other variations of turbines have been developed that work effectively with steam.
Historically, thermodynamics developed out of a desire to increase the efficiency of early steam engines, particularly through the work of French physicist Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot ( 1824 ) who believed that the efficiency of heat engines was the key that could help France win the Napoleonic Wars.
Also in the late 19th century, the automobile was being developed, and in addition to horse-drawn models, early 20th century ambulances were powered by steam, gasoline, and electricity, reflecting the competing automotive technologies then in existence.
* 1629: Jets of steam rotated an impulse turbine that then drove a working stamping mill by means of a bevel gear, developed by Giovanni Branca.
Some of Murdoch's other minor inventions and experiments were: a machine developed in 1784 or 1785 in Cornwall for drilling wooden pipes, ( in 1810 this was further developed and patented for stone pipes ), a steam cannon which he attempted to use in 1803 to knock down a wall at Soho, a steam gun in the same year which fired 3 cm lead bullets, and machinery to grind and compress peat moss under great pressure to produce a material with " the appearance of the finest Jet ".
Howden developed his business from making steam engines for river boats while Tuxford began as a miller and millwright.
Slightly dampening paper with a sponge or by steam and then drying it before writing a message will prevent writing from being developed by this method, but overdoing dampening will result in telltale paper cockling.
In 1705 he developed a second steam engine with the help of Gottfried Leibniz, based on an invention by Thomas Savery, but this used steam pressure rather than atmospheric pressure.
Industry developed eastwards along the bank of the Thames during the industrial revolution from 1750s onwards ; the Thames provided water for transport, for steam engines and for water intensive industrial processes.

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The lid to the steamer has holes around its edge so steam can escape.
In Zimbabwe steam locomotives are still used on shunting duties around Bulawayo and on some regular freight services.
Gas, steam, and water turbines usually have a casing around the blades that contains and controls the working fluid.
Tesla claimed that a steam version of his device would achieve around 95 percent efficiency.
The industrial revolution started in Britain around 1770s with the production of the improved steam engine.
A common method is to fill a bowl surrounding the flask with water, oil, sand or steam, or to use a wrap around heating mantle.
Some foods are surrounded with moisture during baking by placing a small amount of liquid ( such as water or broth ) in the bottom of a closed pan, and letting it steam up around the food, a method commonly known as braising or slow baking.
If the gasket cannot provide an airtight seal and steam leaks around the lid, even when the gasket is fitted properly, the pressure cooker may not build up pressure inside.
Lord Kitchener stated that he had around 45 steam road trains at his disposal.
Due to the frequent problems which could occur with steam engines Murdoch was kept busy traveling around the area repairing and attempting to improve the performance of the engines under his care.
By this time Murdoch had already built a working model of his steam carriage, which was held in the Museum of Science and Industry, Birmingham until its closure in 1997 and is now at Thinktank, Birmingham's new science museum ; accounts exist from witnesses who " saw the model steam carriage run around Murdoch's living room in Redruth in 1784 ".
There he settled with his family around 874, in a place he named Reykjavík ( Cove of Smoke ) due to the geothermal steam rising from the earth.
Because many miniature vehicles were originally sold as playthings, there is no precise difference between a model car and a toy car, yet the kit building hobby became popular through the 1950s, while the collecting of miniature by adults started to pick up steam around 1970.
Here dishes are pushed around the restaurant on steam carts, with servers offering the dishes to customers.
Stationary steam engines for mining were generally available around the middle of the 18th century, wagonways and steam powered railways that had steep uphill sections would employ a cable powered by a stationary steam engine to work the inclined sections.
We were running out of steam around 2008 so it was crucial to take a break and recharge batteries.
A few kilometers inland there is a narrow gauge museum where a museum steam locomotive ride can be taken around Lake Valkenburg.
* Emmons L. Peck of Carbondale, PA, built a wooden tramway around Gilbert Lake 1906-1909, moving nine million feet of logs using a homebuilt geared steam locomotive later reputed to have been dragged out on the lake ice and sunk by employees when the land was purchased for the state present park about 1927.
After the introduction of steam boat lines around 1850, wealthy people in Stockholm started to build vacation houses around the stations.

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