Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2428: Electric Hope in 1889
Posted on · Episode: 2428 Electric hope in 1889: drunk on the new elixir of electricity. Today, we “discover” electricity.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2425: Sketches
Posted on · Episode: 2425 In which the Smithsonian Institution celebrates sketching. Today, we make sketches.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2421: William Ferrel
Posted on · Episode: 2421 William Ferrel: a story of genius, geophysics, and coincidence. Today, serendipity in the whirlwind.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2420: Rheticus and Copernicus
Posted on · Episode: 2420 Georg Rheticus, Copernicus’ only student and his prophet. Today, Copernicus’ prophet.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2417: Kill-Devil Hills
Posted on · Episode: 2417 Kill Devil Hill: the texture of the Wright Brothers’ accomplishment. Today, we watch invention unfolding.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2416: The PaleoClock
Posted on · Episode: 2416 In which the PaleoClock puts time in perspective. Today, a very slow clock.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2415: Camels in Canada
Posted on · Episode: 2415 In which camels return to their native continent and are ill-received. Today, camels in Canada.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2413: Airplanes Without Tails
Posted on · Episode: 2413 Of hawks and flying wings: airplanes without tails. Today, airplanes without tails.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2410: The Vintage of Cave Art
Posted on · Episode: 2410 Was cave art too good to have been made 30,000 years ago? Today, a new look at old art.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2409: Remembering What We Know
Posted on · Episode: 2409 Struggling to keep our grip on the past as we move from books to the Internet. Today, we struggle to remember what we once knew.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2407: Peaks Island
Posted on · Episode: 2407 Peaks Island: cultural change in microcosm. Today, a changing island.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2405: The Great Ballroom Disaster
Posted on · Episode: 2405 Jean-François de Rozier: first aeronaut to fly, and first to die. Today, first to fly, first to die.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2402: Bertha Benz’s Ride
Posted on · Episode: 2402 In which Bertha Benz shows the world what the automobile can do. Today, Bertha Benz’s ride.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2404: Napoleon’s Aerial Crown
Posted on · Episode: 2404 Napoleon’s megalomania thwarting the use of observation balloons. Today, Napoleon’s aerial crown.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2400: Early American Football
Posted on · Episode: 2400 A view of American football in its earliest days. Today, we play football.