Steam engine, 19th century. Illustration of a steam engine using Sulzer valves and a cylinder and condenser. The Sulzer Brothers of Switzerland develo

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Steam engine, 19th century. Illustration of a steam engine using Sulzer valves and a cylinder and condenser. The Sulzer Brothers of Switzerland developed the horizontal drop valve engine in the 1860s. Artwork from 'Chaudieres et Machines a Vapeur' (1911) by French civil engineer Max de Nansouty (1854-1913), part of the 'Les merveilles de la science' series of 1867-1891 by Louis Figuier.

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