In the early 1970s, Spanish inventor Arturo Estévez Varela introduced a pioneering engine powered by water — a concept that ...

Piston engines are the heart of many machines we use today, from cars and airplanes to industrial machinery and motorcycles. Their history is one of innovation, experimentation, and continuous ...

As the U.S. approaches its birthday, Fortune takes a look at 10 Fortune 500 companies whose age rivals the nation’s.

Mercedes-Benz is synonymous with luxury, precision, and automotive excellence,but its roots go far deeper than most people know. This is the incredible true story of how Gottlieb Daimler and Carl Benz ...

The first resulted from the invention of the steam engine and ran from 1780 to 1830. The second cycle arose because of the steel industry and the spread of railroads and ran from 1830 to 1880.

As you pull into the gravel parking lot, your eyes immediately lock onto “Big Gus,” the world’s largest working chainsaw.

In Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, where the winters are longer than some Hollywood marriages and the mosquitoes have their own zip code, sits a monument to Yooper creativity so delightfully bizarre it ...

In the late 1960s, Chevrolet built a special Hemi 302 for racing with the aid of Smokey Yunick. However, the engine never ...

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. — Thomas the Tank Engine has been an icon to many kids for 80 years. For 30 years, the steam engine has visited Strasburg Rail Road in Lancaster County, offering rides to ...

The most powerful steam fire-engine in the world, the "J.C. Cary," the property of the City, has been, suffered to rest in idleness by the past and the present Chief Engineer, for more than a year ...

Beneath layers of ancient rock, a high-pressure process is reshaping the modern energy landscape. As fracking expands across ...

In toy steam engines, a heating source is introduced into the firebox below the boiler (early toys used lit wicks fueled by denatured alcohol, later toys used electricity) which heated the water to ...