Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2085: The Thera Eruption
Posted on · Episode: 2085 The Eruption of Thera: a terrible volcano redirects history. Today, a natural disaster alters history.
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Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2013: The Battleship Texas
Posted on · Episode: 2013 Battleship Texas: a lesson in technological change. Today, Battleship Texas.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1911: Submarines in 1915
Posted on · Episode: 1911 In which we invent the submarine to create world peace. Today, we invent the submarine to create world peace.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1758: Sinking the Bismarck
Posted on · Episode: 1758 Sinking the Bismarck: What is important in history? Today, we wonder how the Bismarck was sunk.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1674: Fulton’s Battery-Catamaran
Posted on · Episode: 1674 Fulton’s last boat: the steam-powered Battery-Catamaran. Today, Fulton’s last boat.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1540: The Ironclad Turtle
Posted on · Episode: 1540 The Korean Turtle Boat – the first ironclad. Today, we meet a turtle with an iron shell.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1385: Bushnell’s Submarine
Posted on · Episode: 1385 How David Bushnell built his submarine for the Colonial Army. Today, a new look at a Colonial technology.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1344: The Monitor’s Flush Toilet
Posted on · Episode: 1344 The Monitor’s flush toilet: lessons from emerging technologies. Today, lessons from emerging technologies, under the worst conditions.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 3115: Walrus 1, L2319
Posted on · Episode: 3115 A Walrus seaplane that might have saved the Battle of Sunda Strait. Today, a ruined airplane — and what might’ve been.