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Tag: World War 1

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2878: U-Boats in WWI

Posted on February 9, 2023 · Episode: 2878 U-boats in the First World War. Today, full speed ahead.

Tags Harwich submarines U-boats World War 1

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.

Tags Airplane engines anticipating change aviation Bull Riding curtiss cylinders Gyroscope gyroscopic inline engines internal combustion engines Langley liquid-cooled engines pistons radial engines rodeo rotary engines Santos Dumont steam engines technological change World War 1 world war 2 WW-I WW-II

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2892: Steampunk

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on September 22, 2023 · Episode: 2892 Steampunk: An exercise in writing science fiction without predicting the future. Today, steampunk.

Tags 000 Leagues Under the Sea 20 Charles Babbage's analytical engine Frankenstein future prediction Jules Verne Mary Shelley Metropolis science fiction steam engines steampunk submarines The Difference Engine The Golden Compass The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Victorian era Voyage to the Center of the Earth

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2721: Fort Trumbull

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on July 22, 2023 · Episode: 2721 Fort Trumbull — dramatic, inappropriate, icon of the history of its place. Today, Fort Trumbull.

Tags American Revolution Benedict Arnold civil war coast guard connecticut Fort Trumbull Groton Heights Merchant Marine Laboratory New London pentagonal forts Revenue Cutter Service State Park submarines Thames River US Navy Underwater Sound Laboratory

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2536: Scapa Flow

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on March 25, 2023 · Episode: 2536 The Scapa Flow ship cemetery. Today, Scapa Flow.

Tags German Navy HMS Vanguard naval warfare Navy Orkney Islands Royal Oak Scapa Flow scotland shipwrecks torpedoes U-boats war WW-I WW-II

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2886: Not Just Gadgets

Posted on March 2, 2023 · Episode: 2886 Not Just Gadgets: The Science of Engineering Systems. Today, beyond gadgets.

Tags Blackett depth charges gadgets operational research operations research U-boats World War II

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