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Explain how a steam engine works. You can use diagrams to help you explain
how it works.

The steam engine was first created in 1705 by Thomans

Newcomen. It was then greatly improved by James Watt
in 1769. The steam engine powers all locomotive engines,
steamboats and factories, this acted as the foundation for
the start of the industrial revolution. Image 1 shows what
the major components of a steam engine are. This specific
engine is the double-acting engine, this works because the
valve allows high pressure steam to act on both facts of
the cylinder. Image 2 displays the doubl acting engine in
movement.

(Image 1) Parts Of A Steam Engine

(Image 2) The slide valve’s job is to ensure that the right amount of high
pressure steam goes into the piston to make the wheels move. The Valve rod’s use is to use guide
the slide valve to ensure that each side of the engine gets the right amount of high pressure steam.
The cross head helps the wheels turn the steam train, this is done due the the high pressure steam
pushing the piston. The cross-head guid is used to help turn the wheels and to help aid the cross
head as well. The piston is used to push the wheels in a turning motion, it works when high pressure
steam enters the cylinder pushing the cylinder either left or right depending on the position of the
slide valve. The cyclinder is the outer shell of the steam
engine, it is what holds the piston and the high-pressured
steam.
Explain how a weaving loom works. You can use diagrams to explain how it
works.
The plans for the first automatic weaving loom was
developed in 1784 by M. de Gennes and by
Vauconson in 1745. Unfortunately, these plans were
never fully developed and were soon forgotten.
Luckily, in 1785, Edmund Cartwright got enough
money from patents to build his own working power
loom. This design used water power to automate
the weaving process, this design is said to be the
predecessor to the moder day automatic loom.

(Image 3)