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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1953: How Can We Use Steam?

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on November 6, 2020 · Episode: 1953 Learning to Use Steam in the Seventeenth Century. Today, we wonder how to make use of steam.

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1942: The Power of Air and Steam

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on October 11, 2020 · Episode: 1942 Before the steam engine: seeing solidity in air and steam. Today, we just begin to invent the steam engine.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1884: Avery’s Turbine

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on June 1, 2020 · Episode: 1884 Avery’s turbine: Important, but little-known, nineteenth-century precursor. Today, Avery’s turbine.

Tags Charles Parsons gas Hero's turbine James Watt Lyman Power Plants power production steam turbines turbine blades water William Avery

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