An Edwardian steam engine that heated the old Belfast Met building for more than 100 years is to become the centrepiece of the refurbished building. Industrial heritage campaigners had feared the ...

A SENIOR faculty member at an ancient Chinese university once told me that, in about the 7th century, their metal-workers had achieved such precision in casting that they were able to build a simple ...

Steam-powered vehicles are not usually deemed as being parked at the cutting edge of transport technology. Nor do they seem to be the type to race across desert landscapes in a bid to smash land speed ...

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 ...