Latest posts tagged with #HisTech on Bluesky
I’m at the British Textile Biennial, with exhibits and events in Burnley, Accrington, Blackburn etc.
Theme this time is invention and innovation, so plenty of #histsci and #histech among the new fibres and Lancashire looms.
Some of the things I’ve seen…
thank you for "live tweeting" the conference, ben! i looked over the program, and couldnt believe how extensive it was, and also how out of touch i am with whats happening in #histech these days...
Ever wonder why M&Ms were invented or how Cheetos is linked to a military program? The Science History Institute in Philadelphia, PA, has these answers and a whole lot more. You can read about my recent visit here: www.markstrecker.com/science-hist.... #TravelAddicticsHistory #histsci #histech
Early modern Columbine Cup. Credit: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kunstgewerbemuseum / Karen Bartsch. CC BY-SA 4.0
A woman with curly hair holding part of a disassembled goblet/cup with a screw attached to it.
Feeling incredibly privileged to have spent a full day with this beauty of an object! 🏆
I love my job and my dissertation topic ❤️
#Screws 🔩 #ArtHistory #HistSci #HisTech #HistSTM #MaterialCulture #EarlyModern 🗃️
Despite its many appearances in movies, the Thompson machine gun was a commercial flop. The company that made it, Auto-Ordnance, was only saved from shutting down altogether by WWII. www.markstrecker.com/invention-of... #Guns #histsci #histech #history
Microscopic analysis of a disassembled goblet
I love my job ❤️ 🔩
#HistSci #HisTech #ArtHistory #MaterialCulture 🏛️
There are sorts of surprises associated with Play-Doh. Invented in Cincinnati, OH, it was a modified version of a wall paper cleaner. Pay-doh was made popular by its appearance on the children's TV show Captain Kangaroo. www.markstrecker.com/invention-of... #histsci #histech #ohiohistory
Bikes in their modern form have existed since 1866, yet it wasn't until 1899 that someone in OH thought to make a padded seat. It made its inventor, Arthur Lovett Garford, millions with which he built his mansion, The Hickories. www.markstrecker.com/invention-of... #histsci #histech #ohiohistory
If it's a museum about history, I'll visit it even if it's not a topic I'm especially interested in. Case in point: while on a business trip, I came across the Mid-American Windmill Museum in IN. Here's what I found: www.markstrecker.com/mid-american.... #histsci #histech #TravelAddictsHistory
When Arthur Garford invented the padded bicycle seat, it made him so rich, he built an impressive estate in his hometown of Elyria, OH, called The Hickories, which you can tour. Read about my visit here: www.markstrecker.com/lorain-count... #TravelAddictsHistory #ohiohistory #histsci #histech
For those in Cambridge and environs, announcement of 29th Annual Hans Rausing Lecture at the Dept of History & Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge, June 5, 3:30 pm. #histsci #histech #sts
www.hps.cam.ac.uk/news-events/...
When you request an archival record on #EarlyModern armormaking, expecting the usual: pages & pages of (illegible) text, but on its opening pages find: depictions of the assemblage of armor and several individual screws 🔩 ❤️ It's good a day.
#HistSci #HisTech 🗃️ 📜
The iconic Klondike Bar was invented by someone at Isaly’s Dairy Company in 1922, which was based in Mansfield, OH. You couldn't get one unless you lived in OH or PA until 1978 when they started going national. www.markstrecker.com/invention-of... #ohiohistory #histsci #histech #histsci
A display of instruments relating to the history of optics at the Deutsches Museum.
For the lovers of optics: A true 'Schatzkammer' filled with some of the most (in)valuable instruments in the history of optics from antiquity to the early 20th century! #HistSci #HisTech 🗃️ 🏛️.
A blued screw head
A blued screw
Brass screw thread at the end of a rod and nut
Screw thread on the end of a rod
I made a (brass) screw-thread and blued a screw today! 🤩💙🔩 #HistSci #HisTech 🗃️
Big tech's greatest ambition is to turn every facet of our lives into their data mines
#AI, #histech
Dept of Humanities, Social & Political Sciences (D-GESS; www.gess.ethz.ch) at ETH Zurich invites applications for two profs, one History of Technology, other in Philosophy of Science. Language English or German. Apply by 15 June 2025:
www.bi.id.ethz.ch/recruiting_a...
#HPS #PhilJobs 🗃️ #STS #histech
🧑💻 EdTech Experts needed!
A leading platform is compiling a list of education innovations originating/established in the UK to celebrate their inventors with historical markers.
Could you contribute? Full credit will be given.
Please reply if you can help!
#histech #research
James “Jake” Ritty had a problem. His saloon's employees kept pilfering his earnings and giving away free drinks to their friends. To counter this theft, he and brother patented the cash register in 1879. No one wanted it. www.markstrecker.com/invention-of... #histsci #histech #history
Carillon Historical Park in Dayton, OH, will keep you busy for an entire day. Here's you'll find a plane built by the Wright Brothers, a gristmill, a canal lock, and much more. You can read about my visit here: www.markstrecker.com/carollin-his... #histsci #histech #history#TravelAddictsHistory
Thomas Edison's birthplace house in Milan, OH, is like a TARDIS: it's much bigger on the inside than out. And it's an excellent museum. You can read about my visit here: www.markstrecker.com/birthplace-t... #histsci #histech #history #TravelAddictsHistory
Crank-starting a car was a dangerous task, sometimes resulting in death. Charles Kettering's invention of the electric self-starter in Dayton saved lives, but this was offset by his involvement in creating leaded gas and Freon. www.markstrecker.com/invention-of... #histsci #histech #history
Mary Anderson from Alabama patented the first windshield wiper in 1903, but demand wasn't there, so it never sold. The modern one was invented in Cleveland by William Forsyth. He sold the patent to a company today today as Trico. www.markstrecker.com/invention-of... #histsci #histech #history
The alligator clip was invented in Cleveland. Ralph Mueller is given credit for its invention (his company, Mueller Electric, is the first to sell it), but he wrote in his autobiography he did no such thing. Read more about its origin here: www.markstrecker.com/invention-of... #histsci #histech
The modern alkaline battery was developed in Parma, Ohio, by Eveready. Patented in 1957, the company's first successful alkaline battery, Energizer, came out in 1980. Duracell debuted in 1965. www.markstrecker.com/invention-of.... #histsci #histech #history #radicalhistory
Engraved portrait of Tobias Mayer
Tobias Mayer, who produced the first tables that made the lunars method of determining longitude viable, was born 17 February 1723 #histsci #histech
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Locals on Bodie Island, NC, were amused when two brothers from Dayton, OH, purposely threw themselves off a steep hill while clinging to what appeared to be a box kite. The crazy men were the Wright Brothers working out how to fly. www.markstrecker.com/invention-of.... #histsci #histech #history
A hidden gem in Holmes County, Ohio, is the Age of Steam Roundhouse where I learned the difference between freight and passenger engines. You can read about that and see more photos at my travel log here: www.markstrecker.com/age-of-steam.... #histsci #TravelAddictsHistory #history #histech
Internal memo from the pharmaceutical manufacturer Upjohn & Company (1962), brainstorming ideas about how to improve company relationship with the FDA
Among my favorite ideas:
-"understand the law"
- "spy"
- "tell the truth"
- "extorition and blackmail"
- "smile more"
#histsci #histech #histstm
