Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1666: The Aging of Books
Posted on · Episode: 1666 In which we watch books growing old. Today, we watch books grow old.
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Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1644: Hufeland on Infants
Posted on · Episode: 1644 An 18th-century doctor helps great-grandmother raise grandpa. Today, we raise a nineteenth-century child.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1636: Of Books and Learning
Posted on · Episode: 1636 Of books and learning in nineteenth-century America. Today, thoughts on books and learning.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1372: The Paige Compositor
Posted on · Episode: 1372 Mark Twain and the Paige Compositor. Today, meet the man who bankrupted Mark Twain.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1227: Paper From Mummy Wrappings
Posted on · Episode: 1227 So, did we ever make paper from a mummy’s linen wrappings? Today, the mummy’s curse.
Houston Matters
Museum Celebrates the Printed Word
Posted on · 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.