Author: Dr. John Lienhard

Episode: 1383 In which we invent the watch and take possession of time.  Today, we look at time as a new possession.

Episode: 1381 Naming our machines - finding out who they are!  Today, we name a new machine.

Episode: 1380 William O'Shaughnessy and India's telegraph system.  Today, telegraphy comes to India.

Episode: 1379 Frank and Peter Griffin: teaching calculus.  Today, an obituary brings back memories.

Episode: 1378 The wreck of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald; "Only a lake!"  Today, just a lake!

Episode: 1377 Benjamin Franklin writes about music and electricity.  Today, Ben Franklin talks about music.

Episode: 1376 Frére Jacques: The canonical hours and mechanical clocks.  Today, religious practice and the mechanical clock.

Episode: 1375 Leibniz, Newton, and the great calculus dispute.  Today, we throw Leibniz's cat into the super collider.

Episode: 1373 Pittsburgh in 1816.  Today, let's visit embryonic Pittsburgh.

Episode: 1372 Mark Twain and the Paige Compositor.  Today, meet the man who bankrupted Mark Twain.