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  2. Steam locomotive - Wikipedia

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    A steam locomotive is a locomotive that provides the force to move itself and other vehicles by means of the expansion of steam.: 80 It is fuelled by burning combustible material (usually coal, oil or, rarely, wood) to heat water in the locomotive's boiler to the point where it becomes gaseous and its volume increases 1,700 times.

  3. Steam engine - Wikipedia

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    This class of engine was built in 1942–1950 and operated until 1988. A steam ploughing engine by Kemna. A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid. The steam engine uses the force produced by steam pressure to push a piston back and forth inside a cylinder.

  4. Steam (band) - Wikipedia

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    Steam was an American pop rock music group, best known for their 1969 number one hit single, "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye". The song was written and recorded by studio musicians Gary DeCarlo (aka Garrett Scott), Dale Frashuer, and producer/writer Paul Leka at Mercury Records studios in New York City .

  5. Steam turbine - Wikipedia

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    Steam turbine. The rotor of a modern steam turbine used in a power plant. A steam turbine is a machine that extracts thermal energy from pressurized steam and uses it to do mechanical work on a rotating output shaft. Its modern manifestation was invented by Charles Parsons in 1884.

  6. Advanced steam technology - Wikipedia

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    Advanced steam technology (sometimes known as modern steam) reflects an approach to the technical development of the steam engine intended for a wider variety of applications than has recently been the case. Particular attention has been given to endemic problems that led to the demise of steam power in small- to medium-scale commercial ...

  7. Steam Deck - Wikipedia

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    The Steam Deck is a handheld gaming computer developed by Valve and released on February 25, 2022. The device uses Valve's Linux distribution SteamOS, which incorporates the namesake Steam storefront. SteamOS uses Valve's Proton compatibility layer, allowing users to run Windows applications and games.

  8. Peaky Blinders (TV series) - Wikipedia

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    Peaky Blinders is a crime drama centred on a family of mixed Irish Traveller and Romani origins based in Birmingham, England, starting in 1919, several months after the end of the First World War. It centres on the Peaky Blinders street gang and their ambitious, cunning crime boss Tommy Shelby.

  9. List of AO-rated video games - Wikipedia

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    Steam permits the games, but hides them by default. Most retailers refuse to stock the games, and the popular video game live streaming service Twitch forbids streaming them. [9] In light of these regulatory challenges, most AO-games have been released for personal computers , and nearly all erotic game publishers forgo the rating process ...