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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2371: Sikorsky’s Bomber

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on October 22, 2022 · Episode: 2371 Early Igor Sikorsky — a great and largely forgotten contribution. Today, young Sikorsky.

Tags aerial warfare flying boats helicopters I.M. Igor Sikorsky Ilya Muromets large multi-engine airplanes military Russian air power WW-I air transport

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2445: What Made Robert Norton Go?

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on December 25, 2022 · Episode: 2445 In which Renaissance engineer Robert Norton thinks about gunnery. Today, the inner life of an early engineer.

Tags arithmetic artillery cannons engineer Fractastorius geometry gunnery guns mathematics military newton projectiles renaissance Robert Norton War and Peace

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2404: Napoleon’s Aerial Crown

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on November 13, 2022 · Episode: 2404 Napoleon’s megalomania thwarting the use of observation balloons. Today, Napoleon’s aerial crown.

Tags aerial warfare Benjamin Franklin French Revolution hot air hydrogen military Napoleon Bonaparte Nero's tomb omen observation balloons

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2332: The Automobile in 1915

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on September 26, 2022 · Episode: 2332 Learning who we were in 1915 by looking at automobiles. Today, the automobile in transition.

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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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