Archives for 2021

The Governor Regulates the Steam

Today's installment concludes Watt Improves Steam Engine,our selection from Biographies of Distinguished Men by François Arago published in

In a few years he transformed his engines into universal motive powers and of indefinite force.Continuing Watt Improves Steam-Engine,our selection

A fleet sailed up the St. Lawrence, freighted with soldiers and supplies. The horizon of Canada was brightening.Our special project presenting

The author of a discovery has always to contend against those whose interest may be injured, the obstinate partisans of everything old, and finally

Today we celebrate the United States of America. It was founded on principals. The Declaration of Independence summarized those thus:We hold these

This series has four easy 5-minute installments. This first installment: The Condenser.IntroductionNo greater service has been rendered to the

This is the second half of London's Great Fireour selection from Memoirs Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn by John Evelyn

This series has two easy 5-minute installments. This first installment: 10,000 Houses Aflame.IntroductionIn the reign of Charles II -- the

Remember that our father has taught you that gentlemen are born to shed their blood for the service of God and the king.Our special project