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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2525: Protruding Land

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on March 18, 2023 · Episode: 2525 Reflections on protruding land, shipwrecks and lighthouses. Today, protruding land.

Tags Bunkalation Caoe Blanco Cape Agulhas Cape Alava Cape Hatteras Cape Horn Cape of Good Hope Lighthouses Mayflower Monitor Ocean oregon protruding land sea shipwrecks

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2536: Scapa Flow

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on March 25, 2023 · Episode: 2536 The Scapa Flow ship cemetery. Today, Scapa Flow.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2411: Hudson’s Bay Company

Posted on November 2, 2022 · Episode: 2411 Hudson’s Bay Company. Today, fur traders and far-off borders.

Tags beaver Canadian Olympic clothing fur trade mountain men oregon Owyee canyon Peter Skene Ogden Snake River country

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2385: Cotton

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on October 29, 2022 · Episode: 2385 When cotton was king in Texas. Today, think about cotton.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2326: More on Steam Warships

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on September 18, 2022 · Episode: 2326 Emerging from the muddle of war to invent the modern steam vessel. Today, ocean warships struggle to come of age.

Tags B. F. Delano Benjamin Isherwood clipper ships cruiser frigate John Ericsson Madawaska Wampanoag marine architecture military Monitor steam engine vessels steamboat steamships US Navy

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