steam engine
Vapor-powered machine
A steam engine is a machine that converts the energy of heated water vapor into mechanical motion.
Steam pushes against pistons or turbine blades, generating power to drive wheels, pumps, or generators.
Steam engines powered the Industrial Revolution—running factories, locomotives, and ships before internal combustion and electric motors largely replaced them.
Reciprocating cylinder component
- cylinderCircular-based solid form
- boilerWater-heating vessel
- valveFluid flow controller
- condenserDevice that liquefies gases
flywheel · crankshaft · gauge · pressure · governor · firebox · smokebox · connecting rod
Railway pulling machine
- railwayTrack system for trains
- trackPath or monitored route
- tenderSoft or sore
- firemanEmergency blaze responder
whistle · smokestack · cowcatcher · cab · freight · passenger · caboose · depot
Rate of mechanical work
- torqueRotational force measurement
- mechanicalOperated by machinery
- thermalPertaining to warmth
- kineticRelating to motion
energy · combustion · fuel · coal · water · efficiency · propulsion · traction
New device or method
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- pioneeringFirst to explore territory
- James WattHorsepower term originator
- patentObvious; inventor's monopoly
Stephenson · revolutionary · advancement · progress · technological · transformation
piston
Reciprocating cylinder component
condenser · flywheel · crankshaft · gauge · pressure · governor · firebox · smokebox · connecting rod · crosshead
locomotive
Railway pulling machine
fireman · whistle · smokestack · cowcatcher · cab · freight · passenger · caboose · depot · roundhouse
horsepower
Rate of mechanical work
- torqueRotational force measurement
- mechanicalOperated by machinery
- thermalPertaining to warmth
kinetic · energy · combustion · fuel · coal · water · efficiency · propulsion · traction · stationary
invention
New device or method
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- pioneeringFirst to explore territory
- James WattHorsepower term originator
patent · Stephenson · revolutionary · advancement · progress · technological · transformation
vintage
Quality from past eras
preserved · restored · heritage railway · museum · enthusiast · collector · excursion · historic · bygone · classic
factory
Industrial production facility
spinning · loom · weaving · manufacturing · ironworks · foundry · forge · smelting · pumping · mining
- railroadlocomotive, train car, caboose, passenger car, freight car
- 1800sVictorian era, Napoleon, Gilded Age, Queen Victoria, Industrial Revolution
- enginesV8, turbine, outboard motor, electric motor, inline-six
- inventionsprinting press, lightbulb, light bulb, microscope, antibiotics
- old machinesprinting press, telegraph, typewriter, sewing machine, phonograph
- steamsteamboat, locomotive, boiler, sauna, geyser
steam engineelectric motor
Converts current to motion
electric engine · horse power · internal combustion engine · diesel engine · gasoline engine
steam enginecomputer
Electronic calculating device
microprocessor · smartphone · artificial intelligence · digital technology · silicon chip
steam engineelectric vehicle
Battery-powered automobile
Tesla · smartphone · computer · silicon chip · microprocessor
steam, engine, engineer, steaming, steamed, engineering, steamer, engines, engineers