Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2088: Johann Joachim Becher
Posted on · Episode: 2088 Johann Joachim Becher, mercantilism, phlogiston, and gold. Today, a 17th-century thinker searches for gold.
Tag: chemistry
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2086: George Henry Lewes
Posted on · Episode: 2086 George Henry Lewes, Victorian “man of letters.” Today, a man of letters.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1999: Mary Anne’s Book
Posted on · Episode: 1999 A new book for Mary Anne Howley: and a revolution unfulfilled. Today, a ghost in a book.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 3205: Alice Augusta Ball
Posted on · Episode: 3205 Alice Augusta Ball and Her Work on Leprosy. Today, a legacy with a sad coda.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1927: Balthazar-Georges Sage
Posted on · Episode: 1927 Balthazar-Georges Sage: an example of history aging in the cask. Today, history as an aging process.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1903: Flubber
Posted on · Episode: 1903 Flubber: A story of persistence and reincarnation. Today, Flubber.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1723: Debunking
Posted on · Episode: 1723 Paul Revere, The Shroud of Turin, The Vinland Map, and the problem of debunking. Today, let’s not fight about debunking.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1673: Marie Lavoisier
Posted on · Episode: 1673 Who was Marie Lavoisier, amanuensis or collaborator? Today, meet Marie Lavoisier.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1652: Justus von Liebig
Posted on · Episode: 1652 Justus von Liebig and the first R&D laboratory. Today, we create the first research laboratory.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity: 3205 Alice Augusta Ball
Posted on · Episode: 3205 Alice Augusta Ball and Her Work on Leprosy. Today, a legacy with a sad coda.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity: 1604 Hydrogen
Posted on · Episode: 1604 In which hydrogen balloons bind science to technology. Today, hydrogen — in 1783.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 3186: Marveling
Posted on · Episode: 3186 Marveling. Today, we marvel.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1569: Alkahest
Posted on · Episode: 1569 Alkahest, the universal solvent. Today, we look for the universal solvent.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1515: Oxygen
Posted on · Episode: 1515 The would-be discovery of oxygen and scientific revolution. Today, let’s try to find out who discovered oxygen.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1481: Photography: The Salad Days
Posted on · Episode: 1481 A revealing view of photography’s early days. Today, where was photography headed in 1854?