Thomas Newcomen and the Steam Engine Fairbottom Bobs, a Newcomen steam engine recovered from a mine site in Lancashire, England, was acquired in 1930 by the Henry Ford Museum, which says it is possibly the oldest extant steam engine in the world.
40 days without rain! Seattle 11 days from record dry spell. At Lake Sammamish State Park in Issaquah on Friday afternoon there were sitters, walkers and stand-up paddlers â and one not paddling. Seattle is close to breaking a record for uninterrupted dry weather, and the forecast is for dry weather into next week.
Over the next 14 days the Seattle forecast suggests the average daytime maximum temperature will be around 16Â°C, with a high for the two weeks of 19Â°C expected on the afternoon of Tuesday 20th. The average minimum temperature will be 10Â°C, dipping to its lowest on the morning of Friday 23rd at 5Â°C. Expect the coming 14 days to have some days seeing a little precipitation and some days with rain. The indicators are that Sunday 25th will have the most precipitation with an accumulation of around 24.0mm. On the whole winds are likely to be light.