HYDRAULIC SYSTEMS OF LEONARDO DA VINCI (Read in 1 minute)During the Middle Ages, no important advances in the design of valves are known. It was during the Renaissance, when the construction of...
EGYPTIAN WATER MANAGEMENT AND IRRIGATION (Read in 1 minute)The Egyptians practiced a form of water management called basin irrigation, a productive adaptation of the natural rise and fall of the...
ROMAN EMPIRE WATER SYSTEMS (Read in 1 minute)The story of water supply in the ancient Roman Empire is grand. The transport and hydraulic control of large quantities of fresh water...
STEAM ENGINE AND HIGH-PRESSURE VALVES of NEWCOMEN (Read in 1 minute)The first truly successful steam engine to drive a pump to remove water from mines. In 1705 Thomas Newcomen invented the first steam...