Similarly slim as against chunky figurines, building a pet grooming shop as opposed to a steam engine and so on.
The carving of a steam engine in black granite rests on top of a plinth, which includes a montage of images representing the railway industry.
Ford's first attempt at a genuine four-wheel vehicle, which he called the Quadricycle, used valves adapted from a steam engine and didn't have a reverse gear.
Steps from the hotel's entrance is a petite train station from which chugs a steam engine taking you to nearby sleepy towns, one with a 14th-century abbey.
Visitors enter via a steam-engine Hogwarts Express train into Hogsmeade village.
Mr Trevithick was the first to successfully run a steam-powered engine pulling carriages on rails at Pennydarren, South Wales, in 1804.
Trevithick was also the first to successfully run a steam-powered engine pulling carriages on rails at Pennydarren, South Wales, in 1804.
Indeed, China had built a form of steam engine before James Watt.
The memorial at the Alrewas site is of a Class 8F steam engine and measures about 2.7m (9ft) wide by 2.3m (7.5ft) high.
It begins with an evocative description of George Stephenson's Rocket, a famous early steam engine, and traces the developments needed to make each of its individual components possible.
Flemish enthusiasts at Steam Center Maldegem, a heritage center in northern Belgium, recently spent a cold day cutting spare boiler screws for their stable, which includes a Polish-built steam engine, the "General Maczek, " named for the Polish general who helped liberate Belgium in World War II.
For example, almost a hundred years separated the steam engine innovation and its peak technology deployment in the British economy.
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At 19 he went to London to study precision-instrument making, then worked for the University of Glasgow, where he devised his first major steam engine improvement: a separate, exterior condenser.
The innovation and wealth graph tilts up a bit during the Renaissance and again after the steam engine launched the first Industrial Revolution.
They were joined on occasions by James Watt, the engineer who fine-tuned the steam engine, and Joseph Priestley, a burning radical who discovered oxygen.
Since Game 3 they have regressed into their worrisome old selves, not the steam engine that wound down the regular season with a 13-game winning streak.
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He was short and stocky, his nickname was The Little Steam Engine and yet, thanks to his blazing fastball and a mean pick-off move, he managed to win 364 games in his pro career.
So there I was, advising one of the greatest genius in modern aviation, a legendary inventor, and an impressive businessman on raising money for his new steam engine project.
The restored steam engine travelled from its sheds near Earl's Court, west London, to start a journey from Kensington Olympia to Moorgate.
If you really want to get serious, pedal your steam-engine over to the Open Handset Alliance site where you can download the SDK for a variety of platforms.
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