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	DISASTER: Timeline of Events
		Steam power was directed to both turbines of the power generators.
		Instead of keeping power at 30%, he forgot to reset a controller which caused the power to plummet to 1% because of water which was now filling the core, and xenon (a neutron absorber) which was building up in the reactor.
		Power in the reactor began to gradually rise because of the reduction in water flow caused by the turbine shutdown which lead to an increase in boiling.
	library.thinkquest.org /3426/data/disaster/timeline.html (499 words)

	Stanley Steamer Summary
		Steam was generated in a vertical fire-tube boiler, mounted beneath the seat, with a vaporizing petroleum (later, kerosene) burner underneath.
		When they shifted the steam boiler to the front of the vehicle, the resulting feature was called by owners the "coffin bonnet." In order to improve range, condensers were used, beginning in 1915.
		During the mid to late 1910s, as the fuel efficiency and power delivery of internal combustion engines improved dramatically, the Stanley Steamer company produced a series of advertising campaigns trying to woo the car-buying public away from the "internal explosion engine," to little effect.
	www.bookrags.com /Stanley_Steamer (1146 words)

	History and Development of the Steam Engine
		Their power is limited by the ambient air pressure, the displacement of the working chamber, the combustion and evaporations rates, and the condenser capacity.
		After the development of pressurized steam technology, the next major advance was to the use of double-acting pistons, with pressurized steam admitted alternately to each side while the other side is exhausted to the atmosphere or to a condenser.
		Steam locomotives are especially advantageous at high elevations as they are not especially adversely affected by the lower atmospheric pressure.
	www.edinformatics.com /inventions_inventors/steam_engine.htm (2501 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Timeline of steam power
		Steam power developed slowly over a period of several hundred years, progressing through expensive and fairly limited devices in the early 1600s, to useful pumps for mining in 1700, and then to Watt's improved designs in the late 1700s.
		1629: Giovanni Branca suggests using steam to blow a windmill-like device for power, intending it to be used as a power source for mills.
		Almost all modern power generation is based on this basic design, the only changes being the source of heat used to generate the steam.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Timeline_of_steam_power (1624 words)

	Steam Engines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
		Humans never saw a need to harness the power of steam because the labor and toil of slaves and animals was sufficient for everything that needed to be done.
		There was a boiler that produced the steam and a cock that allowed a jet of cold water to condense the steam and vary the pressure within the engine.
		This timeline is very well illustrated and makes note of all of the large and small developments in the evolution of the steam engine.
	www.udayton.edu /~hume/Steam/steam.htm (3498 words)

	Timeline of steam power - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		See Steam engine, Steam power during the Industrial Revolution.
		The device produced little power and had no practical application, but is nevertheless the first true steam engine.
		1781: Jonathan Hornblower patents a two-cylinder "compound" engine, in which the steam pushes on one piston (as opposed to pulling via vacuum as in previous designs), and when it reaches the end of its stroke it is valved into a second piston that works with a condenser, as "normal".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Timeline_of_steam_power (1610 words)

	Timeline: From the October 25, 1930, issue, Science News Online, Oct. 28, 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
		These cylinders are the new steam accumulators at the Charlottenburg power station, which are attracting worldwide attention because they may be the best means of supplying peak load power.
		At night and during the afternoon and late morning, steam from the boilers is turned into the accumulators until they contain enough to run a 97,000-horsepower turbine for an hour.
		Then, when the power demand is heavy and exceeds the installed boiler capacity, this surplus steam is released through the turbines.
	www.sciencenews.org /articles/20001028/timeline.asp (669 words)

	The Energy Planet :: Steam Power :: English
		Steam is used in many forms of power generation, such as oil, coal, nuclear, and natural gas as the final transfer of energy that spins the turbine.
		Steam is water vapor that is heated to the boiling point; it is a colorless, odorless gas.
		Steam is the clear stream of vapor that is very close to the pot.
	library.thinkquest.org /C004471/tep/en/how_it_works/steam_power.html (324 words)

	CBC4Kids: History of Inventions, a timeline from Pottery to Computers.
		A steam engine is an engine that uses heated water to generate power.
		The steam escaped from the sphere from one or more bent tubes projecting from its equator, causing the sphere to revolve.
		The steam engine was later adapted to travel on railways by English engineer George Stephenson in 1829, with his train called the Rocket.
	www.cbc.ca /kids/general/the-lab/history-of-invention/steamengine.html (370 words)

	Railroad Timeline History
		It was the second railroad in the U.S., the first railroad in Pennsylvania and the first common carrier railroad in the U.S. Delaware and Hudson Canal Co. builds a railroad from their mines to the termination of the canal at Honesdale.
		It was delivered under its own power to the Central Railroad of New Jersey and assigned as CNJ #1000.
		It was powered by a Winton V12 600 HP distillate engine, and was capable of 110 mph.
	www.sdrm.org /history/timeline (2445 words)

	Nuclear Power History
		This steam pushes the steam turbine that is connected to a generator that converts the mechanical energy of the turbine to electrical energy.
		This steam filled the empty space of a closed tank of water with the only opening as a pipe from the depth of the water.
		Steam of this type is later used in nuclear power plants to turn the steam turbine.
	library.advanced.org /17658/nuc/nuchistoryht.html (917 words)

	Climax Geared Steam Locomotives - Geared Steam Locomotive Works
		The basic Climax consisted of 2 steam cylinders whose piston rods came out of the cylinders and attached to a transmission located under the center part of the engine frame.
		The third truck was powered and carried a tender (similar to those on "rod" engines) to carry additional fuel and water.
		The two steam cylinders were vertically positioned in the covering super-structure.
	www.gearedsteam.com /climax/climax.htm (614 words)

	Power Struggle - jacksonsun.com
		This power plant is joined by other plants, chemical and steel, along U.S. 14 in this small town on the northern outskirts of the port city of Mobile.
		This steam is captured to turn a second turbine, which generates additional power - thus a combined cycle.
		Sandy can't say if the power plants are to blame, but she does think all industries located off Chemical Alley have played a role in their health problems.
	orig.jacksonsun.com /powerplant/pp_part2main.shtml (2010 words)

	When will computer hardware match the human brain? by Hans Moravec
		The processing power and memory capacity necessary to match general intellectual performance of the human brain are estimated.
		Entities rated by the computational power and memory of the smallest universal computer needed is logarithmic on both axes: each vertical division represents a thousandfold increase in processing power, and each horizontal division a thousandfold increase in memory size.
		Powerful, inexpensive computer workstations replaced the drafting boards of circuit and computer designers, and an increasing number of design steps were automated.
	www.transhumanist.com /volume1/moravec.htm (6114 words)

	Utilities @ Virginia Tech
		This high pressure, superheated steam output is matched to a 6,250 kilowatt, 12,470 volt steam turbine powered generator, which was brought on line in 1975.
		The turbine also provides steam extraction at 90 psig, which is distributed through the same underground network, to be used as process steam for cooking, sterilization, autoclaving, pressing, and other industrial requirements.
		Eight months per year the plant is running in a maximum operational mode with steam production passing through the turbine generator and exhausting to the campus heating system.
	www.facilities.vt.edu /utilities/utilities.asp?value=powerplant (352 words)

	1800 to 1849 World History Home - Din Timelines
		The rise of steam power, the beginning of the telegraph, the typewriter.
		These navigation squares appear at the bottoms the Timeline pages, these will allow you to skip to the next page without going back to the menu at the top of the page.
		Any Emails sent to me will be replied to if possible, and those addresses are not used for anything else as they are rarely kept Though some of the information is usable to persons under the age of 13 it is in no way targetted to that age group.
	din-timelines.com /1800_timeline-index.shtml (546 words)

	Steam engine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The first recorded steam device, the aeolipile, was invented by Hero of Alexandria in the 1st century AD, but used only as a toy.
		There is also the benefit that steam engines then could be developed that were small enough and powerful enough to propel themselves while doing useful work; steam power for transportation became a practicality.
		A double-acting piston engine provides as much power as a more expensive 2-piston single-acting engine, and also allows the use of a much smaller flywheel than what would be required by a one-piston single-acting engine.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Steam_power (5759 words)

	ASC: Foundations: History: Timeline
		Unfortunately, assembling a linear timeline for cybernetics is not as straightforward as is the case for other disciplines.
		Although steam engines had been built earlier, it was the addition of automatic controls that made their widespread employment feasible.
		This is a timeline developed by David L. Cox, Ph.D. It traces the use of the term "ecosystem" from its introduction in 1935 through the 1990s.
	www.asc-cybernetics.org /foundations/timeline.htm (5499 words)

	The Chernobyl Reactor Incident (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
		The steam carried almost 70% of the nuclear material out of the reactor into the surrounding environment.
		Several thousand volunteers died on the scene, and it is estimated that 7,000 to 10,000 volunteers died in total, considering short and long-term effects.
		Timeline structure, formatting, personalization and timeline association of events with timeline subject's age are copyright © 1994-2005 Charles Benjamin Blish, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED under the Pan American Conventions.
	www.ourtimelines.com /zchern.html (432 words)

	Rail Transport: a Timeline
		The steam is stored in the steam head and then passed through hot pipes to the slide valve.
		By the late 1800s, steam powered passenger trains carried people living in the country to cities for work and for pleasure.
		Power came from overhead cables, or from electricity running through a rail on the track.
	www.kidcyber.com.au /topics/railtran.html (493 words)

	Timeline of Flight: The Dream of Flight (A Library of Congress Special Presentation Commemorating the Centennial of ...
		Timeline of Flight: The Dream of Flight (A Library of Congress Special Presentation Commemorating the Centennial of Flight)
		William Henson's design for aerial steam carriage is published.
		Orville and Wilbur Wright make first powered, sustained, and controlled flight in a heavier-than-air flying machine.
	www.loc.gov /exhibits/treasures/wb-timeline.html (493 words)

	Timeline
		Flash steam is released from an injector assembly.
		A total of 15 incomplete injectors were made to this point, almost all had defects of manufacturing.
		One is chosen to drive the 11hp BandS engine, instead of flash steam, 2400psi compressed agron from a pressure tank is used to drive the engine thru the L912 Injector.
	www.flashsteam.com /timeline.htm (417 words)

	Yellowstone Power Systems
		For example, if you are paying $70,000 a month for power at an average rate of $14 cents a kilowatt hour, generating power on-site at $.07 cents a kilowatt hours means saving $35,000 a month, or $420,000 a year.
		Generating this same power at as low as $.041 cents a kilowatt-hour (by utilizing the co-generation heat) you can save $49,500 a month, or $594,000 per year.
		The power companies use large combined cycle natural gas turbines to produce a significant portion of their power.
	www.yellowstonepower.com /Calipower.htm (2040 words)

	EIA Kids Page Solar Energy Timelines - milestone in solar energy history
		Solar One, a 10-megawatt central receiver demonstration project, was first operated and established the feasibility of power tower systems.
		SEGS I used solar trough technology to produce steam in a conventional steam turbine generator.
		Federal regulations that govern the size of solar power plants were modified to increase maximum plant size to 80 megawatts from 30 megawatts.
	www.eia.doe.gov /kids/history/timelines/solar.html (461 words)

	The American Experience \| Race for the Superbomb \| Bunker: Power Plant
		The power plant is the heart of the bunker and occupies three levels.
		The switchgear, emergency generators, chillers, steam generators, pumps, start-up engines and air compressors are located on the main level.
		The incinerator is large enough to hold a human body--a handy feature for a unit that was planned to be sealed for up to ninety days.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/bomb/sfeature/powerplant.html (128 words)

	Automobile - Timeline - Greatest Engineering Achievements of the Twentieth Century
		Automobiles may not have been born in the 20th century, but they were not yet out of diapers when it began.
		Even after Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz introduced their improved fourstroke internal combustion engine, autos in both the United States and Europe were still poking along at a few miles an hour (a sizeable proportion of them still running on electricity or steam).
		Hydraulic brakes use a master cylinder in a hydraulic system to keep pressure evenly applied to each wheel of the car as the driver presses on the brake pedal.
	www.greatachievements.org /?id=3880 (1243 words)

	Chocolate
		Once in power, the Aztec established trading relationships with the remaining Maua, which allowed them to adopt, among other things, the use of cacao beans as currency and as a beverage.
		In 1847, the firm under the leadership of the original Joseph Fry's great-grandson -- discovered a way to mix some of the melted cacao butter back into defatted, or "Dutched," cocoa powder (along with sugar) to create a paste that could be pressed into a mold.
		By 1906, his enterprise was so vast that he took over the town of Derry Church, renamed it Hershey, Pennsylvania, and began to transform it into the chocolate kingdom it is today.
	www.cuisinenet.com /glossary/chocolate.html (3704 words)

	INSP: Timeline: Improving the Safety of Soviet-Designed Nuclear Power Plants
		May The first U.S. training course for nuclear power plant personnel is taught at training centers in Ukraine and Russia.
		After restarting one of its two nuclear power reactors in 1995, the Armenia government begins working with the United States and the international community on cooperative safety projects.
		Ukraine's nuclear power plants receive ultrasonic inspection equipment for locating flaws in pipes before they cause problems.
	insp.pnl.gov /-info-brochure-progbroch98g.htm (1282 words)

	Alternative History
		I am the FAQ maintainer for (and also a regular contributor to) the Usenet newsgroup soc.history.what-if (shwi), the subject of which is alternative history.
		Sydney Webb's magnificent timeline where steam power is developed centuries earlier than in our history.
		I agree with the premiss, and this is certainly an interesting theme for a dystopia (a stronger version of the Confederate States dystopia), but my take on the idea is to replace the US with the Draka, rather than set both the US and the Draka against each other.
	www.anthonymayer.net /ah/history.html (862 words)

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