Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1599: Urban Archaeology
Posted on · Episode: 1599 Urban archaeology: a privy provides a window to the past. Today, history in a trash bin.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1598: Surface Tension
Posted on · Episode: 1598 Surface Tension: a tiny force, but omnipresent. Today, we look at the edge of a water droplet.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1597: Ottoman Telegraph
Posted on · Episode: 1597 The Ottoman Empire telegraph, linking Europe and Asia. Today, the telegraph connects Europe and Asia.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1596: The First Automobile?
Posted on · Episode: 1596 Looking for the “first” automobile. Today, let’s try to find the first automobile.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1595: Alfred Stieglitz
Posted on · Episode: 1595 In which Alfred Stieglitz and 291 anticipate Modern. Today, Stieglitz and photography, art and reality.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1594: The Mad Scientist
Posted on · Episode: 1594 The Mad Scientist — he keeps coming back. Today, the mad scientist.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1593: LST-325
Posted on · Episode: 1593 The LST-325: Thirty old men and an old ship become young again. Today, the LST-325.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1592: Specialized Language
Posted on · Episode: 1592 In which we use fancy words instead of simple ones. Today, the quotidian denominator.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1591: Completed Technologies
Posted on · Episode: 1591 Baroque violins and the notion of a completed technology. Today, let’s talk about complete technologies.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1590: The Great Wall of China
Posted on · Episode: 1590 The Great Wall of China — a long and checquered history. Today, a 2300-year-old wall.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1589: Pluto (The Planet)
Posted on · Episode: 1589 Pluto: We finally reach the outer fringe of the Solar System. Today, we discover Pluto.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1588: Nieuport 17
Posted on · Episode: 1588 The Nieuport 17, early harbinger of the finished WW-I fighter. Today, a case history of technological change.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1587: Early Warplanes
Posted on · Episode: 1587 In which airplanes gradually learn to wage war. Today, we turn plowshares into swords.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1586: Topsell’s Beasts
Posted on · Episode: 1586 Topsell’s history of four-footed beasts and serpents. Today, a zoology book.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1584: Hugo Distler
Posted on · Episode: 1584 Hugo Distler: Beleaguered pioneer of twentieth century music. Today, the brief moment of a musical genius.