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Tag: WW-I

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2023: George Hubert Wilkens

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on April 12, 2021 · Episode: 2023 George Hubert Wilkins: a life brimful and running over. Today, we risk our lives.

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1911: Submarines in 1915

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on July 26, 2020 · Episode: 1911 In which we invent the submarine to create world peace. Today, we invent the submarine to create world peace.

Tags 1915 Century Magazine Housatonic Hunley John Holland Lusitania naval warfare Navy peace Simon Lake Stability submarine Walter Schweiger WW-I

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2039: Quiet on the Western Front

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on December 31, 2019 · Episode: 2039 In which we experience quiet on the Western Front. Today, it’s quiet on the Western Front.

Tags 1914 Alfred Anderson basic training geriatrics killing the Christmas Truce trench warfare WW-I

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1681: Science in 1904

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on May 8, 2019 · Episode: 1681 The Literary Digest tells us about science in 1904. Today, a bright new century.

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1650: Inherent Stability in 1916

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on March 13, 2019 · Episode: 1650 Learning about the stability of aeroplanes in 1916. Today, we worry about airplane stability in 1916.  

Tags aerodynamics airplane design Eliot engineering flight flying WW-I

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1597: Ottoman Telegraph

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on November 12, 2018 · Episode: 1597 The Ottoman Empire telegraph, linking Europe and Asia. Today, the telegraph connects Europe and Asia.  

Tags Ataturk Black Sea communications Crimean war internet Morse revolution telegraphy transatlantic cable WW-I

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1561: Herbert J. L. Hinkler

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on August 27, 2018 · Episode: 1561 ‘Hustling Hinkler, Up in the Sky’ – an early Australian flier leaves his mark. Today, an odd hero of early aviation.

Tags aviation Bleriot distance records flight Sopwith transportation Wizard Stone WW-I

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1387: The Wooden Ships of Mallows Bay

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on August 21, 2017 · Episode: 1387 The ghost fleet of wooden ships in Mallows Bay. Today, a fleet of sunken ships.

Tags assembly line ecology mass production merchant marine merchant shipping military supply steamships war wild life preserves WW-I

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1251: Katherine Stinson

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on November 7, 2016 · Episode: 1251 Katherine Stinson and her siblings help America learn to fly. Today, meet the Stinson kids.

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