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This diagram shows how the Newcomen steam engine worked. Although modern-day engines don’t run on steam, many kinds of engines still have pistons. A piston is a rod that slides up and down inside a tube. The tube is called the “cylinder” or chamber. (Science and the Citizen, 1712)

This diagram shows how the Newcomen steam engine worked. Although modern-day engines don’t run on steam, many kinds of engines still have pistons. A piston is a rod that slides up and down inside a tube. The tube is called the “cylinder” or chamber. (Science and the Citizen, 1712) Read More

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