The New Hydrogen Steam Engine

November 06, 2024  •  EPISODE 238

Explore the fascinating history of steam engines and how they’ve evolved over the years on this episode of Science LIVE. Join Roger Billings as he delves into the mechanics of steam power and introduces an innovative hydrogen steam engine that could revolutionize the future of energy.

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Dr. Roger Billings is a visionary innovator whose work has touched the lives of millions of students and transformed the landscape of education. Widely known as “DrB” to the countless kids who benefit from his groundbreaking Acellus learning system, Dr. Billings has dedicated his life to advancing education through technology. As part of DrB’s lifelong commitment to supporting education, Science LIVE was launched as a way to “give back” by mentoring students in conjunction with the Roger Billings Scholarship Program.


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230 Comments

  1. Calogero

    Steam for an engine was a great idea

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  2. James

    The horse power story actually having something to do with horses is so funny to me.

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  3. Julian

    Steam engines are very cool, I personally didn’t know they did that

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  4. Harleigh

    the steam engine was so creative

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  5. Jade

    The steam engine was such a smart Idea

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  6. Isabella

    Hydrogen Steam Engines are very cool!

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  7. Grace

    Hydrogen steam engines are really cool to learn about

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  8. Elisiyana

    Hydrogen is being used to fuel more and more innovative tools today, it’s interesting watching how the future of energy is being constructed!

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  9. Ryanna

    I learned water turns to steam.

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  10. Ally

    It’s impressive how people build this.

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  11. Christian

    Hydrogen is interesting

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  12. Ryleigh

    This was fun!

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  13. Nellie

    Steam engines are cool.

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  14. Madison

    Steam engines are cool

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  15. Raelynn

    Unbelievably amazing!

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  16. Madi

    Having a steam boat ran off of hydrogen energy is a huge improvement.

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  17. Andrew

    Hydrogen steam engines are interesting

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  18. Josseline

    So cool

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  19. E

    Hydrogen is so cool!!

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  20. Rebecca

    that’s interesting how steam engines could work.

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  21. Jordan

    I just have to watch this twice. I cant resist!

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  22. Julia

    its so crazy and wonderful how this world works and everything we have been able to make from it!!

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  23. Yusuf

    nice

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  24. Callan

    This was fun learning about Hydrogen and Steam Engine.

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  25. Laci

    so interesting!

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  26. Hailey

    thats really interesting

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  27. Max

    Oxygen is said to support combustion, therefore external and internal combustion engines suck in air so the oxygen component of air can support the combustion of fossil fuel

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  28. Aden

    i know u can make steam by heating it up to 250 degree’s

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  29. Eva

    This is a fascinating process!

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  30. Briley

    This was fun

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  31. James

    It was very interesting to learn that the first steam engine worked backwards, and they reversed it to work as locomotion,

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  32. Jaden

    The logic behind the tech is interesting.

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  33. Maximilian

    Indeed, steam engines are quite interesting.

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  34. Brieanna

    r – 51 on top

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  35. Rebekah

    they always manage to make me laugh

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  36. Kyle

    very cool

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  37. Michael

    This is so cool

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  38. Maddison

    very interesting

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  39. Megan

    So much fun and exciting

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  40. David

    i love Science Live

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  41. Magnus

    Awesome!

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  42. Sasha

    wow very interesting!

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  43. Aleiah

    I’ve never heard steam engines described like this, which is really cool to me!

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  44. Aidan

    I didn’t know the first steam engine was a reverse and that is was used for a vacuum pump and not to propel something.

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  45. Bradley

    How many steam engines were created?

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  46. Lucian

    cool

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  47. Makayla

    super duper coolness steam engines.

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  48. Ashton

    Steam engines are so cool!! I never knew anything about them or their processes until now.

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  49. Alina

    Amazing explanation

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  50. Harley

    Steam engines are so interesting

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  51. Elena

    Dear Dr. Billings and team, could you do a video on natural disasters and how they work and the precautions to take about them? I think it’s a very important and knowledgeable topic even more so when natural disasters hit all around the globe. How they work and what they do could be a very important or even life saving information for a viewer.

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  52. Varvara

    The history was very interesting!!

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  53. Levi

    I love trains and this episode was one of my favorites. I learned a lot.

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  54. Daniel

    What do you think about acient alchemistrists? were they more like scientists?

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  55. Leeland

    HYDROGEN WAS DISCOVERED IN 1766 I T HINK

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  56. Nylah

    R.51 is so funny! He really gets Pajet Monet.

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  57. Caiden

    I loved lerning about the new hydrogen steam engine.

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  58. Dylan

    Awesome invention steam engines are really cool.

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  59. ^o^at

    Did he create any other steam driven vehicles? Who created the the train and is the train considered a steam powered thing or no? Sorry if this to many questions I have tried to ask some other people they didn’t respond but I saw your comment and I thought I would ask you because maybe you would know.

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  60. Karsyn

    nice information on steam engines

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  61. Sade

    These are really cool to learn about

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  62. Raisah

    Why was it named the governor?

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  63. Caleb

    Steam engines are fascinating! Amazing video.

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  64. Luke

    When was Hydrogen discovered I think It was discovered in 1766?

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  65. ^o^at

    Did he create any other steam driven vehicles and who created the train?? And is the train considered a steam powered thin or no?? Sorry if this is to many questions but I am just curious I have tried to ask other people but they didn’t answer me back.

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  66. Muhsin

    to answer your question Logan Walker hydrogen was discovered 1766

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  67. Laila

    I never thought I could find steam engines this interesting. Also, big congrats to Anastasia!

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  68. Lauren

    The history was so interesting

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  69. Sawyer

    I have an idea for a car that doesn’t pollute.
    There is are pipes that redirect the polluted air into the car again to be used again.

    P.s. I don’t know if this would work but at least try it someone I can’t cause I’m 9 lol

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  70. Kenzie

    Interesting how James Watt used horses to explain the power of an engine. Thanks for encouraging us to think about and plan for our future, thinking about what I really love.

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  71. Tino

    Hydrogen is a very interesting element.

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  72. Jaidyn

    really cool episode!! loved it

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  73. Chloe

    Steam engines have always been fascinating to me, imagine a steam truck or car in the future?

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  74. Claire

    This episode was one of my favorite by far! Hearing about the history, how it affected the world, and who created the steam engine was extraordinary. I like how the inventor just thought of the idea while golfing, quite funny.

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  75. Ghita

    Realy a like this épisode!

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  76. Kayla

    Great video! It was very interesting! 🧐

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  77. Tyler

    amazing live!

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  78. Gunnar

    Love it!

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  79. Wyatt

    in 1803 Richard Trevithick made the first horseless carriage.

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  80. Logan

    This is so interesting!

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  81. Kyndal

    cool!

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  82. Lego

    I think 🤔 steam engine are super cool and it’s so cool that the train 🚂 was open

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  83. Evie

    My life goal is to be a dentist.

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  84. Persephone

    So hydrogen is a huge part into making a steam engine work , when these videos are created is it all to show how these all work together in the history and future of the world?

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  85. Elina

    This is very cool

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  86. Everett

    LOL. horsepower came from how strong the engine was too horses.

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  87. Alana

    I really like learning about the hydrogen stem engine.

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  88. Ranulph

    Thats cold!!!

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  89. Jordan

    I’m new to this program and I just watched it and u know I know a little bit about trains and stuff like that but now instead of reading on paper, . . .
    I just learned a lot .

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  90. Teron

    Very interesting!

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  91. Ryker

    This is epic! Hydrogen is very interesting, and I can’t wait to see more of it!

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  92. Miley

    super cool video! one of my favorites for sure!

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  93. David

    this makes me want to learn more about steam engines and there history

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  94. Brinley

    these is so awesome

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  95. Blair

    What’s the biggest steam Engine and what does it power?

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  96. Landon

    Richard Tarific was the person who made the first steam engine carrige i read some books and found out also great show helps get me thruogh the day.

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  97. Jessica

    I loved this!

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  98. Steven

    The whole images are really cool!

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  99. Mitchell

    Steam motors were interesting. I wonder if they sell any cars these days that have a steam motors.

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  100. Matthew

    This is cool how the steam engine works.

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  101. Kennedy

    Hydrogen has been a great topic on science live, today’s episode about steam engines was interesting.

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  102. Avner

    Wow! Fascinating!

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  103. Ella

    What a great episode on steam engines, such great examples for us to see how they work. Thank you!

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  104. Cameron

    I love to learn about steam engines.

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  105. Cruz

    very cool ngl

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  106. Sharayah

    What do the blades in a steam engine do?

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  107. Shamarah

    So since they are making a bus with a steam engine would they ever make a plane or is it not possible?

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  108. Shamar

    How are steam engines made?

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  109. Malaysia

    I learned a lot from watching this video. I understand more about hydrogen

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  110. Ruth

    R-51 is so funny

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  111. Elijah

    Cool video I enjoyed it

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  112. Libby

    Wow! trains are pretty interesting!!

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  113. Mayar

    It’s more of a question then a comment, but did James Watt ever find a way to work his invention without too much power?

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  114. Daniel

    I had a small steam engine model. This was a good video.

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  115. Joey

    How much lbs of pressure per square inch can hydrogen produce?

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  116. Liat

    are steam engines hot?

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  117. Diego

    The person who made the Horseless Carriage was Richard Trevithick in the 1820s.

    It was a steam-driven vehicle.

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  118. Luke

    Pajet likes R-51 never saw that coming cute. Love all.

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  119. Justin

    very cool. So does pajet like R51.

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  120. Justin

    She looooooooves R51 hahahahahah.

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  121. Jada

    Was the Acellus library discontinued? I can’t find it anymore…

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  122. Jordan

    How long did it take to develop the final product?

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  123. Josiah

    R-51 is a riot!

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  124. Aiden

    Cool episode

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  125. Robert

    I have always wondered where the term “horsepower” came from. It was quite interesting learning about how the pistons work in the steam engines to add horsepower.

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  126. Noah

    The governor was such a great invention I wonder how he got the idea to make it look like and function how it does.

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  127. Emma

    My goal so far is to save enough money so I can do gymnastics

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  128. Aiden

    Cool episode

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  129. Kailey

    It was a cool episode. I learned a lot about hydrogen!

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  130. Ella

    Steam engines are so fascinating. Thank you for the lesson.

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  131. Amelia

    Guess what Dr. Roger Billings? The episode of The New Hydrogen Steam Engine was really, really good and it was also very, super-duper funny! R-51 made me laugh super hard when he was teaching about the hydrogen steam engine and where it a food cafeteria on wheels! 🤣😆😂😅😉😀😁🤣😎🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂choo-choo, choo-choo! Chaga chew chew-chew! R-51 also made me laugh super when he was teaching Lady Pajet Monet that he “gets” her when he was teaching her about choo-choo-ing your food on the Chaga choo-choo new hydrogen steam engine! LOL! Hey Dr. Roger billings could you pretty, pretty with sugar on top free R-51 from the lab was he doesn’t want to be anymore? Pretty please Dr. Roger Billings? Lady Pajet Monet also wants R-51 to be free too! So, can pretty, pretty please free him out of the lab before he is stuck there forever, please? I also think that he deserves to be free. Also, R-51 promises very much, to you, that he is going to really behave if he’s free. I also loved the show very much! I also learned a lot of things during your 238th episode which was actually pretty great! 😎🥹👻🤓😻🐵🐶🐼🐨🐻‍❄️🐻🐈🐈‍⬛🐬🐋🦢🕊️🦋👸🏻🤴🏻🫅🏻🧜🏻🧜🏻‍♂️🧜🏻‍♀️🧚🏻‍♀️🧚🏻‍♂️🧚🏻👏🏻🫶🏻✨🎉🎆🎇🎊🎃🎄🎋🎍🎎🎡🎗️🎞️👓💍💎🎖️🏅🥉🥈🏆🪄🔮📯📟📲🪪💻🖥️📸📷📺📔🍕🥐🥨🍳🥚🥓🍞🧀🥗🥪🥯🥖🥞🧈🍿🌭🍔🍟🍘🍙🥠🥟🫔🌮🌮🎂🍪🍩🍨🫕🥮🍢🧆🥘🍲🍦🥧🍝🍧🧁🍰🍩🍫🍬🍭🍡🍮🍯🍼🥛🍑🍒🍓🥭🍉🚂😅😂😆😀😁😉

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  132. Bryton

    My brother always talks about horsepower and his truck!

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  133. Carmela

    Awesome video!

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  134. Andraya

    this is really cool!

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  135. Caysen

    I wonder when they’ll make a car out of that

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  136. Jude

    Super cool👍🕶😎

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  137. Sebastian

    Hoot! hoot! Everybody on board the Hydrogen train.

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  138. Leon

    R-51 is funny!

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  139. Daniel

    Henry Ford made the first horseless carriage

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  140. Jaron

    It was Henry Ford

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  141. Cole

    Cool episode!

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  142. Julian

    Amazing

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  143. Zoe

    cool =]

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  144. Stefan

    Its pretty interesting how horsepower became a term because they needed something for the people to compare the engine power too!

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  145. Hannah

    James Watt was a genius!

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  146. Cateylyn

    Hydrogen will definitely help the environment if constantly used within steam engines for sure.

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  147. Foster

    One of my favorite exhibits at the Ronald Regan library I got to visit was the exhibit on steam engines, so I really enjoyed this episode.

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  148. Bethel

    So cool. How old to join sience club?

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  149. Lydia

    hydrogen steam engines?? thats amazing

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  150. At

    Wait so is there less pollution bc it’s hydrogen

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  151. Rielyn

    This is so cool!!

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  152. Benji

    Cool episode and i enjoyed it. I know it was only a small segment but i had no clue that’s how the term “horsepower” came to be. very interesting.

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  153. Sharlotte

    Really cool!

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  154. Shantal

    Anastasia’s journey was so interesting!!

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  155. Destiny

    I enjoyed learning about the hydrogen steam engine . I loved hearing about Anastasia’s journey! It was inspiring!

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  156. Brenan

    When was the element Hydrogen discovered?

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  157. Parker

    My life goal when I grow up is to be a Captain for a Navy Aircraft carrier and protect my country.

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  158. Ava

    trains have a special fact the first fact is that it works on train tracks and that is why I love trains and that is why we have the Metro trains nowadays
    🚇🚇🚇🚇🚇🚇🚇

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  159. Ava

    R – 51

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  160. Tasleema

    Nice to know about engine steams

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  161. Josiah

    Hit the ball drag Harry hit the ball drag Harry That cracked me up! If I were him I would have put Harry in the sand trap and would have came back for him after I got done playing golf ⛳⛳

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  162. Maddie

    R-51 is the best! He said, “well… I do know everything! Its so embarrassing to know everything! I just cant help it! I try to be… Modest. But I just can’t help it! I’m so smart!” 😂😂😂😆😆😆 LOL!

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  163. Zoe

    cool =]

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  164. Jaxxon

    i don’t like that drb pours super cold 💦💦💦💦 on his ideas i mean at least let him be silly

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  165. Christian

    Richard Trevithick 😀

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  166. Jada

    So, someone can be exposed to an idea, or a pre existing machine, process, etc, and build up on it, to create a more effective version of the same product. You don’t necessarily have to create something entirely new. While creating something something entirely out of the ordinary, and something that has never been done before, is awesome, and is encouraged, it is a very long process, and is particularly difficult, but not impossible, in the current developed world. In contrast, building off of a current existing system, or product to make it more efficient, is a more practical, and feasible way of inventing in my opinion.

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  167. Luis

    I didn’t actually know the fact that Hydrogen is a big part and component of how steam engines work. Pretty cool.

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  168. Logan

    how long ago was hydrogen discovered?

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  169. Coralynn

    I Like to eat! That would be cool in a cafeteria a miniature train going around the place, passing out food! He is “so smart” 😜😏

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  170. Liz

    super cool episode

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  171. Bentley

    i thought the golf story was funny

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  172. Zoe

    hi guys it amazing that steam Engine
    is so cool so or u guys this is sooo cool respond to my comment =D

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  173. Peyton

    These are so interesting!

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  174. Josiah

    R-51 bailed Dr.B out of the dog house when he forgot to bring Pajet a train Lol. I also liked R-51’s joke about people that are hungry ride the train. 🚂🚂🚂

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  175. Tino

    I can’t wait to learn more about steam engines!

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