Andrew Miller·4h agoUSA 250 Series: Automatic Labeling MachinesBy the late 1890s and early 1900s packaging lines used mechanical labeling machines that applied pre-cut paper labels to bottles, cans, and…
Andrew Miller·4h agoUSA 250 Series: Automatic Filling MachinesBy the early 1900s canning and bottling plants used automatic filling machines that measured a set quantity of liquid or semi-liquid and…
Andrew Miller·4h agoUSA 250 Series: Continuous Track TractorOn 24 November 1904 Benjamin Holt tested a steam traction engine on which the rear wheels had been replaced by continuous tracks. The…
InConversations with Leah RosemanbyLeah Roseman·18h agoMrs. President: Victoria Woodhullwith Victoria Bond
Andrew Miller·19h agoUSA 250 Series: The Airplane — America Takes Flight and Transforms the WorldOn 17 December 1903 at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, Orville Wright flew the Wright Flyer for 12 seconds and about 120 feet. Three more…
Andrew Miller·19h agoUSA 250 Series: Modern Air ConditioningIn July 1902 Willis H. Carrier completed drawings for a system that cooled and dehumidified air at the Sackett & Wilhelms printing plant in…
Sonia Akther·23h agoHe Lost $25,000 to Fake Gold — Then Boarded the TitanicThe strange true story of Herbert Chaffee, a fake gold deal, a disappearing swindler, and a final voyage aboard the Titanic.A response icon2A response icon2
Andrew Miller·23h agoUSA 250 Series: Disposable Safety RazorKing Camp Gillette filed a patent application in December 1901 for a safety razor that held a thin, double-edged blade of stamped sheet…
Thierry Beaupere·1d agoThe Night Nobody Was in ControlShortly before 7 p.m. on November 9, 1989, Harald Jäger sat alone at a table in the canteen of the Bornholmer Straße border crossing in…
Frederick Pearce·1d ago222 Votes Away, and a Record Few Can Get End to EndEvery electoral vote back to 1824 and the popular vote from 1976 are now a public API you can question.
