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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2383: E. Ball Hughes & Perspective

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on October 28, 2022 · Episode: 2383 In which the ghost of E. Ball Hughes speaks from an old book on perspective. Today, a sculptor’s ghost speaks.

Tags artists bas relief book E. Ball Hughes Mt. Auburn Cemetery perspective printing pyrographics Robert Nathaniel Bowditch statue sculptors sculpture steel plate engraving woodburning

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2315: Advertising and Pricing

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on September 10, 2022 · Episode: 2315 Paying for our entertainments by watching advertising — back in 1885. Today, we think about Internet advertising.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2186: Lost Beauties

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on February 20, 2022 · Episode: 2186 Lost beauty of old words: nostalgia thwarted a flood of new books. Today, language slips away from us.

Tags Charles MacKay Dickens dime novels fast presses internet language words literature penny dreadfuls printing Uncle Tom's Cabin

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WATCH: Tee-riffic Silk Screening | Mockingbird and Armadillo

Ernie Manouse

Posted on September 12, 2019 · The fine art of everyday fashion!

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Museum Celebrates the Printed Word

Em Nguyen

Posted on August 12, 2014 · We learn about The Museum of Printing History in Houston curator Keelin Burrows. The museum is dedicated to promoting and sharing the history of printed communication.

Tags communication houston houston museum Keelin Burrows printing printing museum printing press The Printing Museum

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2484: Ghosts in Omaha

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Posted on February 10, 2023 · Episode: 2484 Ghosts in Omaha: A six-block-long sculpture. Today, ghosts in Omaha.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2470: Spider Web Design

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Posted on January 28, 2023 · Episode: 2470 The design and construction of a spider web. Today, let’s weave a spider web.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2143: Emma Lazarus

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Posted on December 14, 2022 · Episode: 2143 In which Emma Lazarus reinvents the Statue of Liberty. Today, UH scholar Dorothy Baker tells us about Emma Lazarus.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2315: Advertising and Pricing

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Posted on September 10, 2022 · Episode: 2315 Paying for our entertainments by watching advertising — back in 1885. Today, we think about Internet advertising.

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