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The public got its first look at the National Museum of Industrial History's centerpiece steam engine Friday. The governor started spinning, and almost effortlessly, the 115-ton Corliss steam ...
It also includes Corliss valves, a technology from c.1850 that used rotating valves and improved steam engine efficiency dramatically for the time. This build is an impressive recreation of the ...