Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1686: Mysterious Heat
Posted on · Episode: 1686 In which steam engines struggle to teach us thermodynamics. Today, a story about theory and practice.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1685: Lord Byron and Steam
Posted on · Episode: 1685 Lord Mad Jack Byron, James Watt, & George Gordon, 6th Lord Byron. Today, a strange connection between Lord Byron and steam power.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1684: An Old Machinist’s Handbook
Posted on · Episode: 1684 In which we study an old machinist’s handbook. Today, a revolutionary’s handbook.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1682: Zeppelin in Minnesota
Posted on · Episode: 1682 Count von Zeppelin learns about flying in St. Paul, Minnesota. Today, see if you can guess our mystery inventor.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1681: Science in 1904
Posted on · Episode: 1681 The Literary Digest tells us about science in 1904. Today, a bright new century.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1679: Last Days of Pompeii
Posted on · Episode: 1679 The last days of Pompeii, rather like our own lives. Today, we visit Pompeii.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1678: Weave a Circle
Posted on · Episode: 1678 Weave a circle and change history. Today, we close a circle.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1677: Tricking the Eye
Posted on · Episode: 1677 In which I encounter the 16th Century in a Fort Worth Museum. Today, we trick the eye.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1676: Ancient Chinese Bells
Posted on · Episode: 1676 Some 2500 year old Chinese bells harbor a secret. Today, some very-old bells with a surprising secret.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1674: Fulton’s Battery-Catamaran
Posted on · Episode: 1674 Fulton’s last boat: the steam-powered Battery-Catamaran. Today, Fulton’s last boat.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1673: Marie Lavoisier
Posted on · Episode: 1673 Who was Marie Lavoisier, amanuensis or collaborator? Today, meet Marie Lavoisier.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1670: Tyndall and Sound
Posted on · Episode: 1670 John Tyndall: measuring sound without electronics. Today, how did people measure sound in the nineteenth century?
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1669: Linus Torvalds and Linux
Posted on · Episode: 1669 Linus Torvalds, and giving away Linux. Today, a parable about giving versus selling.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1668: A Vocabulary of Science
Posted on · Episode: 1668 Scientific instruments creating a new rhetoric. Today, new sciences, new languages.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1667: On Trying to See
Posted on · Episode: 1667 In which we look at the problem of seeing what we expect to see. Today, we try to see what we’re looking at.