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2. Fan (machine) - Wikipedia

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   A household electric fan A large cylindrical fan. A fan is a powered machine that creates airflow. A fan consists of rotating vanes or blades, generally made of wood, plastic, or metal, which act on the air. The rotating assembly of blades and hub is known as an impeller, rotor, or runner. Usually, it is contained within some form of housing ...

3. Timeline of steam power - Wikipedia

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   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]

4. Solomon Cook - Wikipedia

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   The first pile was driven on 10 September 1849 [7] and the bridge was approaching completion by the end of November 1849. [8] To complete the job, Solomon Cook is credited with having made a pile driving machine or monkey from colonial materials which was larger than usual, being 8 feet square.

5. Steam-powered aircraft - Wikipedia

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   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

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   A steam shovel is a large steam-powered excavating machine designed for lifting and moving material such as rock and soil, typically in the mining industry. The steam shovel is composed of a bucket, boom and 'dipper stick', boiler, water tank and coal bunker, a steam engine, and a winch.

7. Corliss steam engine - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

8. HMS Duke of Wellington (1852) - Wikipedia

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   Under a crash programme announced in December 1851 to provide the navy with a steam-driven battlefleet, the design was further modified by the new Surveyor, Captain Baldwin Walker. The ship was cut apart in two places on the stocks in January 1852, lengthened by 30 feet (9.1 m) overall and given screw propulsion.

9. Steamboats of California - Wikipedia

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   The first large steam driven vessel running between San Francisco and Sacramento was the steamship McKim, a 400-ton ex Army propeller driven transport steamship that had sailed to California from New Orleans. McKim made its first regular run up river on October 26, 1849, in 17 hours, touching at Benicia on the way to Sacramento. Its schedule ...