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.
One in four years has drier weather, while another one in four is wetter. The sun's rays reach the ground in Seattle during 47 percent of daylight hours on average in April, for a total of 193 hours in the month. Typically on 5 days this month the sky is mainly clear, with at most 30 percent cloud cover.