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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 28: The Fist American Steam Engine

9th - 10th
Today we visit the first American steam engine. The University of Houston's College of Engineering presents this series about the machines that make our civilization run, and the people whose ingenuity created them.
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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 455: A Navy Born of Rum

9th - 10th
Today, we attend the birth of the U.S. Navy. The University of Houston's College of Engineering presents this series about the machines that make our civilization run, and the people whose ingenuity created them.
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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 30 1776

9th - 10th
Today, we'll visit colonial America. The University of Houston's College of Engineering presents this series about the machines that make our civilization run, and the people whose ingenuity created them.
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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 384: Samuel Slater

9th - 10th
Today, a story about a young man in a new land. The University of Houston's College of Engineering presents this series about the machines that make our civilization run, and the people whose ingenuity created them.
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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No.1 Oliver Evans

9th - 10th
Today, we see what guns and steam engines have to do with each other. The University of Houston's College of Engineering presents this series about the machines that make our civilization run, and the people whose ingenuity created them.
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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 14: John Fitch

9th - 10th
Today, we meet a sad American inventor. The University of Houston's College of Engineering presents this series about the machines that make our civilization run, and the people whose ingenuity created them.
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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 18: Poets View the Industrial Revolution

9th - 10th
Today, we learn what some contemporary poets had to say about the Industrial Revolution. The University of Houston's College of Engineering presents this series about the machines that make our civilization run, and the people whose...
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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 419: Eliphalet Nott

9th - 10th
Today, we build a university. The University of Houston's College of Engineering presents this series about the machines that make our civilization run, and the people whose ingenuity created them.
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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: Lucretius

9th - 10th
A discussion of how Lucretius's view of matter as composed of individual atoms preceeded modern thought by almost 2000 years.
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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: Thoreau's Pencils: Thoreau the Inventor

9th - 10th
From the Engines of Our Ingenuity website at the University of Houston, this interesting web page provides information about Thoreau's innovations in the world of pencils. The site describes Thoreau's work in the family pencil company....
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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 929: Gage's Brain

9th - 10th
A decent description of the questions raised by the accident that befell Gage and how it relates to modern theory about morality.
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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: Julius Robert Mayer

9th - 10th
A discussion of Mayer's colaboration with Robert Joule and the ultimate development of the first law of thermodynamics. Interesting, anecdotal and well-written. Includes some biographical information. (Text is the actual radio transcript...
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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: Engines of Our Ingenuity: George Stubbs's Anatomy

3rd - 8th
Radio program transcript and audio file of a short program about artist George Stubs's approach to anatomy.