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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 3276: Airplane Engines

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on July 1, 2022 · Episode: 3276 Should airplane engines be cooled by liquid or air? Today, a design might go either way.

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2198: Ahead of Its Time

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on March 18, 2022 · Episode: 2198 Getting ready to invent the airplane in 1901. Today, a journal tries to read the tea leaves.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2407: Peaks Island

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Posted on November 19, 2022 · Episode: 2407 Peaks Island: cultural change in microcosm. Today, a changing island.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2322: The Steam Navy

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Posted on September 16, 2022 · Episode: 2322 Civilians and the making of the steam-powered U.S. Navy. Today, pruning hooks into spears.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2309: Broken Brushes

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Posted on September 5, 2022 · Episode: 2309 Today, broken brushes. Brushes broken by people whose eyes will not see.

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Posted on August 31, 2022 · The journey will take the ship through Galveston Bay and into the Galveston Ship Channel, where it'll undergo extensive hull repairs over the next year.

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