Power flow
By Laura Gardner, .
The first large-scale use of alternating current as a means of transmitting electricity was at a hydroelectric scheme at Niagara Falls
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Banishing wash-day blues
By Laura Gardner, .
The development of the automatic washing machine removed a laborious domestic chore. It was the culmination of 200 years of inventive effort
How the UK has failed to realise full potential of district heating
By Laura Gardner, .
PE goes back in time
William Cawthorn Unwin and hydraulic power at Niagara
By Fenella Philpot, .
PE goes back in time
Atomic weapons research and nuclear power industry
By Laura Gardner, .
PE goes back in time
Richard Trevithick and Catch Me Who Can
By PE, .
The great engineer was born on 13 April 1771
