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The Insensitive Strength of the Automobile

By Alexis Madrigal ⋅ May 18, 2009 ⋅ One comment

In 1907, the Chicago Post observed:
“it is too soon to lament the horse. We have not yet come to the day when we must decide whether to pet him, as the dog, or eat him as the amiable cow. Our sentiment for the noble beast will remain, and with the heaviest work undertaken by insensitive [...]

What the Inventor Saw (“May Revolutionize Labor”)

By Alexis Madrigal ⋅ March 9, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Harnessing nature is a little like harnessing God.
Or so the following article on the Reynolds Wave Machine would have us believe.
Written back in 1907, it has one of the most stupendously purple intros you’re every likely to see for a science and engineering story; it’s actually a bit like Wired circa 1994. I’ve transcribed it [...]

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