William Gurstelle
Contributing Editor at Make:
Author of Practical Pyromaniac and Backyard Ballistics. Contributing editor for Make Magazine, and Popular Mechanics
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4 weeks ago |
makezine.com | William Gurstelle
Thomas Edison did not invent the first electric light. More than 70 years before Edison’s 1879 incandescent lamp patent, the English scientist Humphry Davy developed a technique for producing controlled light from electricity. Sir Humphry Davy (1778–1829) was one of the giants of 19th-century science. A fellow of the prestigious Royal Society, Davy is credited with discovering, and first isolating, elemental sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, boron, barium, and strontium.
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Nov 23, 2024 |
makezine.com | William Gurstelle
On January 24, 1843, the editors of the Brooklyn Evening Star were caught up in whirl of excitement about an invention created by one of their own readers, Mrs. Sarah P. Mather.
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Sep 4, 2024 |
makezine.com | William Gurstelle
The engines of the Industrial Revolution that ran the machinery in the early textile mills, turned the screws of steamships, and powered the drive wheels of locomotives were made of iron and powered by coal. At the beginning, both the iron ore and the coal came from mines located in England. Mining was hard work, and one of the many difficulties associated with mining was the seeping water that constantly flooded the mines. “Dewatering” was a necessity in nearly all mines, and still is today.
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Jun 28, 2023 |
makezine.com | William Gurstelle
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Jun 15, 2023 |
makezine.com | William Gurstelle
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