Assertion: steam engine | /r/CapableOf | use steam
Facets:
value: to do mechanical work
type: PURPOSE
value: from boiling water
type: OTHER
value: to create motion
type: PURPOSE
value: in only one direction
type: MANNER
value: until the development of compound engines
type: TEMPORAL
value: to power
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: A steam engine is an engine that uses steam to power itself.
text: Earlier steam engines applied steam in only one direction, allowing momentum or gravity to return the piston to its starting place, but a double acting engine uses steam to force the piston in both directions, thus increasing rotational speed and power.
text: Until the development of compound engines, steam engines used the steam only once before they recycled it back to the boiler.
text: A steam engine is a machine that uses steam or heat to engage in mechanical work.
text: A steam engine is an engine that uses steam from boiling water to make it move.
text: A steam engine is an engine which uses steam from boiling water to make it move.
text: A steam engine uses steam, a form of heat energy, to do mechanical work.
text: A steam engine is the mechanism that uses steam to create motion.