A Belated Earth Day Blog, 2019
Monster Solar Motor, 1901 On April 16, 1901, subscribers to the Waterbury Democrat read about a “monster solar motor” installed on an ostrich farm in Pasadena, California. The beast was reported capable of lifting...
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“Celestial photographs, wonderful in detail and clearness were then thrown on the screen,” Norwich, CT, 1920
The images produced by the New Horizon’s flyby of Pluto can be considered as part the long history of popularizing astronomical knowledge with photographs. On November 30, 1920, the Norwich Bulletin reported on “The...
Phone Rage, 1920
By Frank Jonientz Are you reading this on your smartphone? Are you surfing the web while you read this? Has your phone ever started “ringing” at an inappropriate time or place? Can you find...