We mean James Watt, the great improver of the steam engine—that wonderful motor which ... first model is still reverently preserved in the museum, standing beside a noble bust of its inventor.

From slum clearances to orphanages and onion fares - life is very different in Birmingham compared to the 1800s, but there ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — More than 100 students showed off their science skills at the 10th annual Willie Hutch Jones STEAM Science Fair at Waterfront Elementary. This year's theme was "A Decade of Discovery," ...

All lectures in the series are free to the public and light refreshments will be served. The Churchill County Museum is ...

On the third morning of his ill-fated occupation of Moscow, Napoleon Bonaparte woke up in the Kremlin to find the city on fire. The isolated blazes set by the retreating Russian armies had spread ...

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