Author: Dr. John Lienhard

Episode: 1386 Benjamin Franklin invents the glass armonica -- no mouth organ, this.  Today, singing wine glasses.

Episode: 1385 How David Bushnell built his submarine for the Colonial Army.  Today, a new look at a Colonial technology.

Episode: 1384 The samurai sword and quality control through ritual.  Today, let's talk about ceremony and technology.

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.