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Tag: naval warfare

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1911: Submarines in 1915

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on July 26, 2020 · Episode: 1911 In which we invent the submarine to create world peace. Today, we invent the submarine to create world peace.

Tags 1915 Century Magazine Housatonic Hunley John Holland Lusitania naval warfare Navy peace Simon Lake Stability submarine Walter Schweiger WW-I

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1758: Sinking the Bismarck

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on October 7, 2019 · Episode: 1758 Sinking the Bismarck: What is important in history? Today, we wonder how the Bismarck was sunk.

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1674: Fulton’s Battery-Catamaran

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on April 26, 2019 · Episode: 1674 Fulton’s last boat: the steam-powered Battery-Catamaran. Today, Fulton’s last boat.

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1540: The Ironclad Turtle

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on July 16, 2018 · Episode: 1540 The Korean Turtle Boat – the first ironclad. Today, we meet a turtle with an iron shell.

Tags design japan Korea military naval warfare Navy Yi

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1385: Bushnell’s Submarine

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on August 14, 2017 · Episode: 1385 How David Bushnell built his submarine for the Colonial Army. Today, a new look at a Colonial technology.

Tags American Revolution Hopkinson innovation naval warfare The Gentleman's Magazine turtle Yale University

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1344: The Monitor’s Flush Toilet

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on May 17, 2017 · 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 Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 3115: Walrus 1, L2319

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on March 17, 2017 · Episode: 3115 A Walrus seaplane that might have saved the Battle of Sunda Strait. Today, a ruined airplane — and what might’ve been.

Tags Battle of Sunda Strait floatplanes HMAS Perth Lt. Allan Vernon 'Jock' McDonough military reccnnaissance naval warfare seaplanes The Bridge on the River Kwai The Burma Railway The Death Reilway the Seagull V The Supermarine Walrus 1 USS Houston warships WW-II

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