Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2015: Five Hornblowers
Posted on · Episode: 2015 Five Hornblowers and three generations of steam engine development. Today, five Hornblowers.
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Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2000: The Arc of Invention
Posted on · Episode: 2000 The Arc of Inventions, and the problem of selecting a hero. Today, the Arc of Inventions.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1989: I Didn’t Have a Choice
Posted on · Episode: 1989 I didn’t have a choice — or did I? Today, I have a choice.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1960: Inventing Speed
Posted on · Episode: 1960 Speed: the grand nineteenth-century invention. Today, we invent speed.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1956: William Cleghorn
Posted on · Episode: 1956 The forgotten William Cleghorn and his forgotten caloric. Today, a historical footnote.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1953: How Can We Use Steam?
Posted on · Episode: 1953 Learning to Use Steam in the Seventeenth Century. Today, we wonder how to make use of steam.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1884: Avery’s Turbine
Posted on · Episode: 1884 Avery’s turbine: Important, but little-known, nineteenth-century precursor. Today, Avery’s turbine.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1686: Mysterious Heat
Posted on · Episode: 1686 In which steam engines struggle to teach us thermodynamics. Today, a story about theory and practice.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1685: Lord Byron and Steam
Posted on · Episode: 1685 Lord Mad Jack Byron, James Watt, & George Gordon, 6th Lord Byron. Today, a strange connection between Lord Byron and steam power.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1661: Looking for the Engineers
Posted on · Episode: 1661 Where are all the Engineers? Appearing to be something else, it would seem. Today, where did all the engineers go?
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1302: Francois Marcet’s Steam Globe
Posted on · Episode: 1302 Francois Marcet’s steam globe: measuring vapor-pressure. Today, a piece of apparatus and a piece of history.