Reading: Robert Allen (2011): Why the Industrial Revolution Was British: Commerce, Induced Invention and the Scientific Revolution

What are the other places that Allen has in mind (since Hiero of Alexandria’s aeropile in which building a first generation “steam engine” would have been possible as a marvel? Weren’t there other roads to industrialization that involved technological …
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Penn State Health: Medical Inventions Built to Save Lives – ABC27


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Penn State Health: Medical Inventions Built to Save Lives
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Penn State Heart and Vascular Institute is located on the campus of Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, a leading academic medical center located in Hershey, Pa. With a team of more than 50 physicians and surgeons, Penn State Heart and …

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The Invention That Will Make You Want the Middle Seat on a Plane

When companies try to reinvent the airline seating arrangement, it’s often in the name of making us even more miserable with new and interesting ways to cram more people inside a plane. But Molon Labe Designs has something that might do the impossible …
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New Series ‘Rock ‘N’ Roll Inventions’ Premiering On Smithsonian … – WROR


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New Series 'Rock 'N' Roll Inventions' Premiering On Smithsonian …
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Music inventions — from the windup gramophone to state-of-the-art studio technology — will be the focus of Rock 'N' Roll Inventions, a six-part weekly series …
Smithsonian Channel to Premiere New Music Series ROCK'N'ROLL INVENTIONS, 1/16Broadway World

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