Power plants (power stations) When Thomas Alva Edison (1847–1931) constructed one of the first power stations in Pearl Street, New York City, in 1882, he revolutionized […]

Parachutes You’re screaming through the sky, safely tucked up in the cockpit of a jet fighter, when there’s a sudden loud bang and the engine judders […]

Outboard motors Until engines were invented, the only way to power a small boat was with oars or sails. Calm and elegant it might have been, […]

Nuclear power plants \Atomic energy has had a mixed history in the half-century or so since the world’s first commercial nuclear power plant opened at Calder […]