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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 3276: Airplane Engines

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on July 1, 2022 · Episode: 3276 Should airplane engines be cooled by liquid or air? Today, a design might go either way.

Tags Airplane engines anticipating change aviation Bull Riding curtiss cylinders Gyroscope gyroscopic inline engines internal combustion engines Langley liquid-cooled engines pistons radial engines rodeo rotary engines Santos Dumont steam engines technological change World War 1 world war 2 WW-I WW-II

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2252: Erwin S Ferry

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on June 20, 2022 · Episode: 2252 Ervin S. Ferry and the persistence of illumination. Today, the persistence of light.

Tags automobile torpedo engineering Ervin S. Ferry Ferry-Porter Law of critical fusion Gyrodynamics Gyroscope gyroscopic control intrumentation laboratory measurement ophthalmology optics optometry persistence of sight Purdue University quantum mechanics Uppsala vision

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2465: A Fine Early Aeroplane Book

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on January 21, 2023 · Episode: 2465 Victor Lougheed’s extraordinary 1909 aeroplane book. Today, where were the first aeroplanes going?

Tags aeroplanes airplanes Allan Malcom Bleriot Farman Voisin Wright flight Flora Haines flying future Lockheed Loughead monoplane prediction Santos Dumont Victor Lougheed

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2455: Fairey Swordfish

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on January 13, 2023 · Episode: 2455 The Fairey Swordfish: An airplane in a timewarp. Today, the bite of a dinosaur.

Tags aircraft carriers Battle of Taranto Bismarck bombers Fairey Swordfish Ark Royal naval warfare technological change torpedo WW-I WW-II

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RodeoHouston announces 2023 entertainment lineup

Posted on January 6, 2023 · The rodeo, which runs February 28 - March 19, concert lineup includes Houston natives and popular acts nationwide.

Tags Brad Paisley Bun B Houston entertainment houston livestock show and rodeo Jason Aldean Kenny Chesney Lauren Daigle Luke Bryan Machine Gun Kelly Parker McCollum rodeo The Chainsmokers things to do in Houston

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2039: Quiet on the Western Front

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on December 31, 2022 · Episode: 2039 In which we experience quiet on the Western Front. Today, it’s quiet on the Western Front.

Tags 1914 Alfred Anderson basic training geriatrics killing the Christmas Truce trench warfare WW-I

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