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Engines Of Our Ingenuity

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2765: The Mechanical Turk

Episode: 2765 The Mechanical Turk.  Today, the chess playing automaton.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2921: Airplane Genetics

Episode: 2921 The development of Italy's Reggiane 2005 fighter plane from the American P-35 as...

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2911: Quincy Mine Hoist

Episode: 2911 A very big spool: The Quincy Mine No. 2 Shaft Hoist, the largest in the world....

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2896: Nadezhda Popova

Episode: 2896 In which Nadezhda Popova beats off the Wehrmacht in a crop-duster.  Today, Nadia...

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2892: Steampunk

Episode: 2892 Steampunk: An exercise in writing science fiction without predicting the future....

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2939: Alternative Power Transmission

Episode: 2939 Getting Power Inside: Alternative Power Transmission Systems.  Today, why electricity?

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2909: Renewable Energy

Episode: 2909 Hydrogen Fuel Cell Providing Renewable Energy, A Comparison of Hydrogen Fuel Cell...

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2829: Cesare Lombroso

Episode: 2829 Cesare Lombroso and his Museum.  Today, a head in a jar.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2880: Glacier Bay

Episode: 2880 Glacier Bay as seen by John Muir before 1885 — different now.  Today, Glacier Bay,...

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2877: What Bees See

Episode: 2877 What do bees and other creatures see with their unimaginable eyes?  Today,...

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2876: The Scientists Speak

Episode: 2876 In which engineers and scientists assess their work in 1945.  Today, scientists...

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2874: The Ground Effect

Episode: 2874 The ground effect in the service of birds and human vehicles.  Today, the ground...

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2938: The Gospel of Wealth

Episode: 2938 Andrew Carnegie's The Gospel of Wealth.  Today, the gospel of wealth.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2946: Man or Monster?

Episode: 2946 Man or Monster? The Legend of the Golem and the Age of Technology.  Today, what can...

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2621: A Marriage of Sound and Space

Episode: 2621 Giovanni Gabrieli and the Venetian School of Polychoral music at St. Mark's...

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2871: Solar Power in 1884

Episode: 2871 In which Samuel P. Langley talks about solar powered engines in 1884.    Today, an...

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2867: Fresnel and Lighthouses

Episode: 2867 Augustin Fresnel, light, and lighthouses: from the science of light to the saving...

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2866: How Many Wings or Strings?

Episode: 2866 How many wings on an aeroplane — How many strings on a violin? Thoughts on the...

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2849: Fern Andra

Episode: 2849 Fern Andra and Lothar von Richthofen: One lived, one died.  Today, Fern and Lothar.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2936: Parker Brothers

Episode: 2936 George S. Parker and the Parker Brothers.  Today, for the love of games.

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