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Tag: Colonial America

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1611: Benjamin Franklin and Cotton Mather

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on December 10, 2018 · Episode: 1611 Benjamin Franklin and Cotton Mather: ideologies diverge and converge.  Today, Benjamin Franklin and Cotton Mather.  

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1497: The Double-Bitted Axe

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on April 18, 2018 · Episode: 1497 The rise of Paul Bunyan’s radical double-bitted axe.  Today, we learn to use a new axe.  

Tags Colonial America felling trees Forestry forests lumberjacks thoreau woods

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1471: Jamestown and Suicide

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on February 21, 2018 · Episode: 1471 Some thoughts about immigrants, depression, suicide & Jamestown.  Today, a story about Jamestown and self-destruction.  

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1451: Inventing the Library

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on January 5, 2018 · Episode: 1451 Inventing the free public lending library: socialism in books.  Today, we invent the library.  

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