[zyxin]

Interestingly, the steam engines of the Titanic made use of the vacuum generated by condensing steam to extract additional energy from steam that's below atmospheric pressure.

https://www.titanicology.com/Titanica/TitanicsPrimeMover.htm

[userbinator]

As were most if not all the other steamships of that era; compound steam engines were already over a century old by then.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compound_steam_engine

[donw]

Comments like these are the reason that I still read hacker news.

I can come to a thread, and almost always there will be somebody replying with extra information on the topic at hand.

Thank you.

[ohthatsnotright]

Related blog post that is one of my favorite authors: https://technicshistory.com/2023/11/30/the-pursuit-of-effici...