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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2975: Lightbulb

Dr. Andy Boyd

Posted on October 8, 2019 · Episode: 2975 Light Bulb Technology. Today, a light bulb goes off.

Tags energy efficiency light bulb lumen slug watt

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1726: The Lunar Society

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on August 2, 2019 · Episode: 1726 The Lunar Society and eighteenth century revolution. Today, let’s drop in on a remarkable gathering.

Tags Benjamin Franklin Boulton darwin Herschel Lunar Society Priestley revolution Smeaton watt wedgwood

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity: 1604 Hydrogen

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on November 28, 2018 · Episode: 1604 In which hydrogen balloons bind science to technology. Today, hydrogen — in 1783.

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1572: High-Pressure Steam Engines

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on September 19, 2018 · Episode: 1572 High-pressure steam engines and transportation. Today, the first locomotive.  

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1554: Scientific Instruments

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on August 13, 2018 · Episode: 1554 In which new science yields new instruments: 1500 to 1950. Today, a new class of machines and new viewpoint.

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1440: Steam Engines in England

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on December 15, 2017 · Episode: 1440 Steam engines in England during the 18th century. Today, a look at steam engines in 18th-century England.  

Tags canals england industrial revolution newcomen power railroads railways Savery transportation Trevithick watt

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1417: A Metaphor Collapses

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on October 27, 2017 · Episode: 1417 In which the medieval clock metaphor finally collapses. Today, a metaphor dies.  

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1363: Man The Measure

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on June 23, 2017 · Episode: 1363 Man the measure — man the meter. Today, let’s ask what meters measure.

Tags Fahrenheit folklore heat length power Protagoras temperature units watt

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1359: Windmills

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on June 14, 2017 · Episode: 1359 The Windmill: A device that has come, gone, and which may come again. Today, let’s tilt at windmills.

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1200: London’s Secret Museums

Engines of Our Ingenuity

Posted on August 3, 2016 · Episode: 1200 London’s secret museums Today, we visit London’s secret museums.

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