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falls off chair  Oh my goodness! I’m not entirely sure how the above mesmerising contraption actually operates, but it’s jaw droppingly beautiful and mind-spinningly Steampunk.  From the glowing steam pillars to the ponderous, elegant rotation to the sleek silent operation (the sound you may hear is the zoom of the camera, it seems) each and every square inch of that machine asserts its craftmanship and beauty.  I don’t so much want one, as I want to live in a world where there are giant versions of such things incorporated into the architecture of revolving offices where I might have a different window view every ten minutes and the brass floor beneath my feet would be ever so slightly warm, and hum faintly with the song of mechanical work being done.

Ahem, sorry.  This page, with many other beautiful engines on it (I had to pick a favourite!) was sent in by the ever generous Mr Huang (Crabfu).  Many many thanks.  While I do not read Dutch, Babelfish had a good try – still tripped over a fair few words, of course.