10 Jack Christiansen Structures
John V. "Jack" Christiansen passed away on Aug. 16, 2017 , though his body of work in the world of concrete thin-shell engineering...
Nanette South Clark
September 09, 2017
Showing posts with label Engineering History. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Engineering History. Show all posts
Saturday, September 9, 2017
Monday, August 14, 2017
Engineering Spotlight - Elijah McCoy
According to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology : "Frequently, if people want to make sure to get "the real thing" –...
Nanette South Clark
August 14, 2017
Thursday, July 20, 2017
Nikola Tesla -- The Man of the Future
This newspaper article from 1899 includes some anecdotes about Nikola Tesla I hadn't read before and also includes a detailed physical d...
Nanette South Clark
July 20, 2017
Sunday, June 11, 2017
Electrifying Public School Children -- A Nikola Tesla News Article from 1912
Good idea: Sending children to school. Bad idea: Electrifying children at school! One word popped into my mind when I found this articl...
Nanette South Clark
June 11, 2017
Thursday, June 8, 2017
The 1913 Orpheum Theater Steel Frame Collapse, Part 1
In 1913, the Orpheum Theater's balcony collapsed in New York City because the high columns were insufficiently braced. This fact was not...
Nanette South Clark
June 08, 2017
