enow.com Web Search

  1. Ads

    related to: 1849 steam driven fan motor

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Corliss steam engine - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corliss_steam_engine

    A Corliss steam engine (or Corliss engine) is a steam engine, fitted with rotary valves and with variable valve timing patented in 1849, invented by and named after the US engineer George Henry Corliss of Providence, Rhode Island. Corliss assumed the original invention from Frederick Ellsworth Sickels (1819- 1895), who held the patent (1829) in ...

  3. Fan (machine) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_(machine)

    Standalone fans are usually powered by an electric motor, often attached directly to the motor's output, with no gears or belts. The motor is either hidden in the fan's center hub or extends behind it. For big industrial fans, three-phase asynchronous motors are commonly used, may be placed near the fan, and drive it through a belt and pulleys.

  4. Timeline of steam power - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_steam_power

    1125 (): In Reims, according to William of Malmesbury, an organ was powered by heated water. He claims it was built by Pope Sylvester II. [1] Late 15th century AD: Leonardo Da Vinci described the Architonnerre, a steam-powered cannon. [2] 1551 (): Taqi al-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf describes a steam turbine-like device for rotating a spit. [3]

  5. Steam-powered aircraft - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam-powered_aircraft

    1852: Henri Giffard flew a 3-horsepower (2 kW) steam-powered dirigible over Paris; it was the first powered aircraft. 1861 Gustave Ponton d'Amécourt made a small steam-powered craft, coining the name helicopter. 1874: Félix du Temple flew a steam-powered aluminium monoplane off a downhill run. While it did not achieve level flight, it was the ...

  6. Timeline of United States inventions (before 1890) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_United_States...

    An electric fan contains an arrangement of blades usually powered by an electric motor in order to produce airflow for the purpose of creating comfort (particularly in the heat), ventilation, or exhaust. Between the years 1882 and 1886, New Orleans resident Schuyler Skaats Wheeler invented the first electric fan. [239] 1883 Salt water taffy

  7. George Henry Corliss - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Henry_Corliss

    George Henry Corliss (June 2, 1817 – February 21, 1888) was an American mechanical engineer and inventor, who developed the Corliss steam engine, which was a great improvement over any other stationary steam engine of its time. The Corliss engine is widely considered one of the more notable engineering achievements of the 19th century.

  8. Freelan Oscar Stanley - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freelan_Oscar_Stanley

    Freelan Oscar Stanley (June 1, 1849 – October 2, 1940) was an American inventor, entrepreneur, hotelier, and architect. He made his fortune in the manufacture of photographic plates but is best remembered as the co-founder, with his brother Francis Edgar Stanley, of the Stanley Motor Carriage Company which built steam-powered automobiles until 1920.

  9. History of steam road vehicles - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_steam_road_vehicles

    Steam-powered showman's engine from England. The history of steam road vehicles comprises the development of vehicles powered by a steam engine for use on land and independent of rails, whether for conventional road use, such as the steam car and steam waggon, or for agricultural or heavy haulage work, such as the traction engine.

  1. Ads

    related to: 1849 steam driven fan motor